trampnoun
uk/træmp/us/træmp/tramp noun (POOR PERSON)
[ C ] a person with no home, job, or money who travels around and asks for money from other people
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Homelessness
- bag lady
- be of/have no fixed abode/address idiom
- derelict
- doss
- dosser
- down-and-out
- hobo
- homeless
- hostel
- housing benefit
- mendicant
- on the streets idiom
- rough
- sleep
- soup kitchen
- street
- street people
- traveller
- vagabond
- vagrant
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tramp noun (WOMAN)
[ C ] US slang disapproving a woman who has sex often, with a lot of different partners
tramp noun (WALK)
[ S ] the sound of people all walking together with heavy steps:
The streets echoed with the tramp of soldiers' feet.
[ C ] a long walk:
The girls went for a tramp through the woods.
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Moving a long way on foot
Walking and walkers
trampverb [ I usually + adv/prep, T ]
uk/træmp/us/træmp/US also trompto walk, especially long distances or with heavy steps:
to tramp through the woods/undergrowth
We spent a week tramping the streets of San Francisco, looking for movie locations.
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Moving a long way on foot
- bushwalking
- footslogging
- hike
- hiker
- hiking
- hoof
- hoof it idiom
- ramble
- traipse
- trek
- trekking
- tromp
- trudge
- yomp