tramp

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.

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

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tramper n.

trampish adj.

trampy adj.

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tramp - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" hobo, bum 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 swinger debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
	3.	tramp - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) hiker, tramper backpacker, packer - a hiker who wears a backpack pedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot
	4.	tramp - 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.	tramp - a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule tramp steamer steamship, steamer - a ship powered by one or more steam engines
	6.	tramp - a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time" hike, hiking walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" trudge - a long difficult walk
Verb	1.	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.	tramp - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" footslog, plod, trudge, slog, pad 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.	tramp - 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.	tramp - 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" roam, rove, stray, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, cast, roll 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"

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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 4. tread, stamp, footstep, footfall

noun 5. hike, march, trek, ramble, slog

Translations

tramp [træmp] n (= person) → vagabundo/a;

(col) (offensive) (= woman); puta

vi → andar con pasos pesados

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tramp [træmp] n (= person) → vagabond(e) → clochard(e);

(inf) (pej) (= woman);

to be a tramp → être coureuse vi → marcher d'un pas lourd

vt (= walk through) [+ town, streets] → parcourir à pied

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tramp [træmp] n → Landstreicher m;

(pej) (woman) → Flittchen nt

vi → stapfen

vt (= walk through) [+ town, streets] → latschen durch

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tramp [træmp] n (person) → vagabondo/a;

(col) (pej) (woman) → sgualdrina

vi → camminare con passo pesante

vt (= walk through) [+ town, streets] → percorrere a piedi