Tramp


verb (used without object)
1.
to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step.
2.
to tread heavily or trample (usually followed by on or upon):
to tramp on a person’s toes.
3.
to walk steadily; march; trudge.
4.
to go on a walking excursion or expedition; hike.
5.
to go about as a vagabond or tramp.
6.
to make a voyage on a tramp steamer.
verb (used with object)
7.
to tramp or walk heavily or steadily through or over.
8.
to traverse on foot:
to tramp the streets.
9.
to tread or trample underfoot:
to tramp grapes.
10.
to travel over as a tramp.
11.
to run (a ship) as a tramp steamer.
noun
12.
the act of tramping.
13.
a firm, heavy, resounding tread.
14.
the sound made by such a tread.
15.
a long, steady walk; trudge.
16.
a walking excursion or expedition; hike.
17.
a person who travels on foot from place to place, especially a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.
18.
a sexually promiscuous woman; prostitute.
19.
a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire.
Compare cargo liner.
20.
a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.
verb
1.
(intransitive) to walk long and far; hike
2.
to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge
3.
(intransitive) to wander about as a vagabond or tramp
4.
(transitive) to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily: to tramp the streets in search of work
5.
(transitive) to tread or trample
6.
(intransitive) (NZ) to walk for sport or recreation, esp in the bush
noun
7.
a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work
8.
a long hard walk; hike
9.
a heavy or rhythmic step or tread
10.
the sound of heavy treading
11.
Also called tramp steamer. a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire
12.
(slang, mainly US & Canadian) a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman
13.
an iron plate on the sole of a boot
train with

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