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tramp

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tramp  (trmp)
v. tramped, tramp·ing, tramps
v.intr.
1. To walk with a firm, heavy step; trudge.
2.
a. To travel on foot; hike.
b. To wander about aimlessly.
v.tr.
1. To traverse on foot: tramp the fields.
2. To tread down; trample: tramp down snow.
n.
1.
a. A heavy footfall.
b. The sound produced by heavy walking or marching.
2. A walking trip; a hike.
3. One who travels aimlessly about on foot, doing odd jobs or begging for a living; a vagrant.
4.
a. A prostitute.
b. A person regarded as promiscuous.
5. Nautical A tramp steamer.
6. A metal plate attached to the sole of a shoe for protection, as when spading ground.

[Middle English trampen, to walk heavily, from Middle Low German.]

tramper n.
trampish adj.
trampy adj.

tramp
Verb
1. to walk long and far; hike
2. to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place): she tramped slowly up the beach
Noun
1. a homeless person who travels about on foot, living by begging or doing casual work
2. a long hard walk; hike: we went for a long tramp over the downs
3. the sound of heavy regular footsteps: we could hear the tramp of the marching soldiers
4. a small cargo ship that does not run on a regular schedule
5. US, Canad, Austral & NZ slang a promiscuous woman [probably from Middle Low German trampen]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tramptramp - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
dosser, street person - someone who sleeps in any convenient place
drifter, vagrant, vagabond, floater - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
2.tramp - a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
3.tramptramp - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
backpacker, packer - a hiker who wears a backpack
pedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot
4.tramptramp - a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots"
footfall, footstep, step - the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"
5.tramptramp - a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
steamship, steamer - a ship powered by one or more steam engines
6.tramptramp - a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"
walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch"
trudge - a long difficult walk
Verb1.tramp - travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"
athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
hike - walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"
2.tramptramp - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
squish, slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
3.tramptramp - cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"
cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, pass over, get across, track, cover - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
4.tramptramp - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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"
go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
maunder - wander aimlessly
gad, gallivant, jazz around - wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

tramp
verb 1. trudge, march, stamp, stump, toil, plod, traipse (informal) walk heavily
verb 2. hike, walk, trek, roam, march, range, ramble, slog, rove, yomp, footslog
noun 3. vagrant, bum (informal) derelict, drifter, down-and-out, hobo chiefly U.S. vagabond, bag lady chiefly U.S. dosser Brit. (slang) derro Austral. (slang)
noun 5. hike, march, trek, ramble, slog
Translations

tramp [træmp] n (= person) → vagabundo/a;
(col) (offensive) (= woman); puta
viandar con pasos pesados
tramp [træmp] n (= person) → vagabond(e)clochard(e);
(inf) (pej) (= woman);
to be a tramp → être coureuse vimarcher d'un pas lourd
vt (= walk through) [+ town, streets] → parcourir à pied
tramp [træmp] nLandstreicher m;
(pej) (woman) → Flittchen nt
vistapfen
vt (= walk through) [+ town, streets] → latschen durch
tramp [træmp] n (person) → vagabondo/a;
(col) (pej) (woman) → sgualdrina
vt (= walk through) [+ town, streets] → percorrere a piedi

tramp
v tramp [trӕmp]
1 to walk with heavy footsteps He tramped up the stairs.hard loopيَمْشي مُتَثاقِلاкрача тежкоdupattrampetrampelnπερπατώ βαριάcaminar pesadamente/con pasos pesadoskõmpimaسنگین راه رفتنtömistäämarcher à pas lourdsלִצעוֹד בִּכבֵדוּתधब-धब करते हुए चलनाteško hodati, ići teškim korakomdübörögberjalan dengan beratþrammacamminare (con passo pesante)どしんどしんと歩く쿵쾅거리며 걷다sunkiai eiti, plumpintismagi iet; slātberjalan berdetap-detupstampentrampestąpać ciężkimi krokamipisar fortea tropăi; a bocăniгромко топатьdupaťcopotatitabanatitrampa, klampaเดินหรือย่ำเสียงตึงตังağır adımlarla yürümek用沉重的步子走гупати, тупатиبھاري قدم سے چلناđi bộ
2 to walk usually for a long distance She loves tramping over the hills.stapيَتَجَوَّل سَيْرا على الأقْدامбродяpodnikat pěší tůryvandrewandernπεζοπορώdar una caminata, hacer excursiones, caminar muchomatkamaپیاده روی کردنvaellellafaire de la randonnée pédestreלְשוֹטֵטपदयात्रा करनाpješačiti, putovati pješicebebarangolberkelanagangacamminare (a lungo)徒歩旅行する도보로 가다klajoti, bastytisklaiņot; staigātberjalan jauhtrekken (tur), vandre, traskełazić, wędrowaćvagueara hoinăriсовершать пешие прогулкиputovať, chodiť na pešie túrypotovati pešprepešačitiströva, vandraเดินเท้าuzun uzun yürümek徒步旅行подорожувати пішкиلمبي مسافت طے کرناđi lang thang
n
1 a person with no fixed home or job, who travels around on foot and usually lives by begging He gave his old coat to a tramp.boemelaarصُعْلوك مُتَشَرِّدскитникtulákvagabondder/die Landstreicher(in)αλήτης, ζητιάνοςvagabundohulkur, paadialuneخانه به دوش؛ ولگردkulkurivagabond/-ondeנָווַדआवारागर्दskitnicacsavargógelandanganflakkarivagabondo放浪者부랑자valkataklaidonis; klenderiskutu rayauzwerverlandstryker, løsgjengerwłóczęgavagabundovaga­­bondбродягаtulák, -čkaklatežlutalicaluffareคนจรจัดavare, evsiz barksız insan流浪者бродяга, бурлакаآوارہ گردkẻ lang thang
2 a long walk. lang stapجَوْلَةٌ سَيْرا على الأقْدامдълга разходкаtúravandreturdie Wanderungπεζοπορίαcaminata, paseo largojalgsimatkراه پیماییpatikkaretkirandonnéeשִׁיטוּטपदयात्राduga šetnja(fárasztó) gyaloglásjalan jauhlöng gangacamminata徒歩旅行도보 여행klajonė, varginanti kelionė pėsčiomisnogurdinošs pārgājiens; klaiņojumsperjalanan jauhtrektochtfottur, marsjpiesza wędrówka, wycieczkacaminhadahoinărealăпешая прогулкаtúrapohodlutanjefotvandring, strövtågการเดินทางไกลuzun yürüyüş遠足довга і стомлива подорож пішкиلمبي چہل قدميsự đi lang thang
3 the sound of heavy footsteps. swaar voetstappeوَقْع الأقْدامтропанеdupánítrampendas Getrampelποδοβολητόruido fuerte de pasossammumüdinگرم گرمtöminämartèlement (de pas)קוֹל צְעָדִיםपदचापtopotlábdübörgéshentakan kakiþrammcalpestioどしんどしん무거운 발걸음(소리)sunkūs žingsniaisoļu dunajalan berdetap-detupgestamptramp(ing)tupot, ciężkie krokitropeltropăit; bocă­nitтопотdupottopottopottramp[], klamp[]เสียงย่ำเท้าayak sesi重的腳步聲гупання, тупанняبھاري قدم کي آوازtiếng bước chân nặng nề
4 (also tramp steamer) a small cargo-boat with no fixed route. boemelbootقارِب رُكّاب غَيْر مُحَدَّد الإتِّجاهмалък товарен корабtrampová loď (bez plavebního řádu)fragtdamperdas Trampschiffφορτηγό πλοίοtramp, vapor volanderotramplaevکشتی ولگردtramppialustrampשוֹטֶטֶתमाल जहाजteretni brod slobodne plovidbealkalmi teherhajóperahu tanpa trayekflutningaskip(nave da carico)不定期貨物船부정기 화물선krovininis laivastramps, tvaikonis ar brīvu maršrutukapal muatan tanpa jadualtrampboottrampbåttrampowiecnavio de cargacargobotтрампnákladný parníktramperteretnjaktrampfartygเรือสินค้าtarifesiz vapur航線不固定的小貨船трамп, трампове судноچھوٹي باربردار کشتيtàu chở không chạy theo tuyến đường nhất định线
5 (American) a prostitute or a woman who sleeps with a lot of men. hoerزانِيَه تَنام مع عِدَّة رجالуличницаcoura, děvkaluderdie Schlampeπόρνηfulana, lagarta, pelanduscalibuزن هرزهcoureuseזוֹנָהआवारागर्दdroljaprostituáltpelacursgualdrina売春婦、ふしだらな女kekšė, paleistuvėielasmeita; slampaperempuan jalanghoer, sletløsaktig kvinnedziwka, ladacznicaшлюхаpobehlica, fľandracipaprostitutkaslampa, fnaskโสเภณีkaldırım yosması(美)妓女розпусницяرنڈي، طائفہgái điếm

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Then, as others have mutilated its sense, the tramp mutilates its form, and ho-boy becomes exultantly hobo.
I guessed I wouldn't stay in one place, but just tramp right across the country, mostly night times, and hunt and fish to keep alive, and so get so far away that the old man nor the widow couldn't ever find me any more.
and the bands could hardly hold in for the final note; then they turned their whole strength loose on "Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching," and everybody's excitement rose to blood-heat.
 
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