Definitions for tramp

Definitions for (noun) tramp

Main entry: tramp, hike, hiking

Definition: a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

Usage: she enjoys a hike in her spare time


Main entry: tramp, tramp steamer

Definition: a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule


Main entry: tramp

Definition: a heavy footfall

Usage: the tramp of military boots


Main entry: hiker, tramp, tramper

Definition: a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)


Main entry: tramp, swinger

Definition: a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex


Main entry: tramp, hobo, bum

Definition: a disreputable vagrant

Usage: a homeless tramp; he tried to help the really down-and-out bums


Definitions for (verb) tramp

Main entry: tramp, swan, stray, drift, cast, roam, ramble, range, vagabond, wander, roll, rove

Definition: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Usage: The gypsies roamed the woods; roving vagabonds; the wandering Jew; The cattle roam across the prairie; the laborers drift from one town to the next; They rolled from town to town


Main entry: tramp

Definition: cross on foot

Usage: We had to tramp the creeks


Main entry: tramp

Definition: travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition

Usage: We went tramping about the state of Colorado


Main entry: tramp, trudge, plod, pad, slog, footslog

Definition: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

Usage: Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone


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