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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tramp /træmp/USA pronunciation v. - to walk with a firm, heavy step (on or through);
march;
trudge: [no object]soldiers tramping through the streets.[~ + object]to tramp the streets. - to walk steadily:[no object]He tramped through the streets looking for a job.
n. [countable] - the act of tramping:[usually singular]the tramp of the soldiers.
- one who travels about on foot, living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.
- Sex and Gendera woman regarded as behaving immorally, esp. a prostitute.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports.
tramp•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tramp (tramp),USA pronunciation v.i. - to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step.
- to tread heavily or trample (usually fol. by on or upon):to tramp on a person's toes.
- to walk steadily;
march;
trudge. - to go on a walking excursion or expedition;
hike. - to go about as a vagabond or tramp.
- to make a voyage on a tramp steamer.
v.t. - to tramp or walk heavily or steadily through or over.
- to traverse on foot:to tramp the streets.
- to tread or trample underfoot:to tramp grapes.
- to travel over as a tramp.
- to run (a ship) as a tramp steamer.
n. - the act of tramping.
- a firm, heavy, resounding tread.
- the sound made by such a tread.
- a long, steady walk;
trudge. - a walking excursion or expedition;
hike. - a person who travels on foot from place to place, esp. a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.
- a sexually promiscuous woman;
prostitute. - a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire. Cf. cargo liner.
- a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.
- 1350–1400; Middle English trampen to stamp; cognate with Low German trampen; akin to Gothic ana-trimpan to press hard upon. See traipse, trample
- 17.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vagrant, bum, hobo.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tramp /træmp/ vb - (intransitive) to walk long and far; hike
- to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge
- (intransitive) to wander about as a vagabond or tramp
- (transitive) to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily
- (transitive) to tread or trample
n - a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work
- a long hard walk; hike
- a heavy or rhythmic step or tread
- the sound of heavy treading
- Also called: tramp steamer a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire
- slang chiefly US Canadian a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman
Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Middle Low German trampen; compare Gothic ana-trimpan to press heavily upon, German trampen to hitchhikeˈtrampish adj |