Tramp

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  • intransitive verb. To walk with a firm, heavy step; trudge.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To travel on foot; hike.
  • intransitive verb. To wander about aimlessly.
  • intransitive verb. To traverse on foot.
  • intransitive verb. To tread down; trample.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A heavy footfall.
  • noun. The sound produced by heavy walking or marching.
  • noun. A walking trip; a hike.
  • noun. One who travels aimlessly about on foot, doing odd jobs or begging for a living; a vagrant.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A prostitute.
  • noun. A person regarded as promiscuous.
  • noun. A tramp steamer.
  • noun. A metal plate attached to the sole of a shoe for protection, as when spading ground.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To run (a tramp steamer), taking on merchandise at one port and selling it wherever possible or carrying freight anywhere desired.
  • To sail on a tramp steamer.
  • noun. The sound made by the feet in walking or marching.
  • noun. An excursion or journey on foot; a walk.
  • noun. A plate of iron worn by ditchers, etc., under the hollow of the foot, to save the shoe in pressing the spade into the earth.
  • noun. An instrument for trimming hedges.
  • noun. An itinerant mechanic: same as tramper, 2.
  • noun. An idle vagrant; a homeless vagabond. Also tramper.
  • noun. A freight-vessel that does not run in any regular line, but takes a cargo wherever the shippers desire: also used attributively, as in tramp steamer. Also called ocean tramp.
  • To tread under foot; trample.
  • To tread (clothes) in water, so as to cleanse or scour them.
  • To travel over on foot: as, to tramp a country.
  • To walk, especially to walk with heavy step; tread; march; go on foot.
  • To go about as a vagrant or vagabond.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A foot journey or excursion.
  • noun. A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.
  • noun. The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.
  • noun. A tool for trimming hedges.
  • noun. A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.
  • intransitive verb. To travel; to wander; to stroll.
  • transitive verb. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
  • transitive verb. To travel or wander through.
  • transitive verb. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A homeless person, a vagabond.
  • noun. A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
  • noun. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
  • noun. A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
  • noun. Short for trampoline, especially a very small one.
  • verb. To walk with heavy footsteps.
  • verb. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
  • verb. To hitchhike
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a heavy footfall
  • verb. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
  • verb. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
  • Word Usage
    "_Tramp, tramp, tramp_, with the smoke and sparks rising; and the big sailor growled again in protest."
    Form
    tramped  tramping  trample  tromp  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Camp  Champ  amp  camp  champ  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    beat  beggar  clatter  footstep  gait  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Arab  Bowery bum  airing  alien  amble  
    verb-form
    tramped  tramping  tramps