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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.

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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 [træmp]

vb

1. (intr) to walk long and far; hike

2. to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge

3. (intr) to wander about as a vagabond or tramp

4. (tr) to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily to tramp the streets in search of work

5. (tr) to tread or trample

6. (intr) NZ to walk for sport or recreation, esp in the bush

n

1. a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work

2. a long hard walk; hike

3. a heavy or rhythmic step or tread

4. the sound of heavy treading

5. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Also called tramp steamer a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire

6. Slang chiefly US and Canadian a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman

7. (Clothing & Fashion) an iron plate on the sole of a boot

[probably from Middle Low German trampen; compare Gothic ana-trimpan to press heavily upon, German trampen to hitchhike]

tramping  n

trampish  adj

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 They put on their coats and tramped through the fallen snow.

2. hike, walk, trek, roam, march, range, ramble, slog, rove, go walkabout (Austral.), yomp, footslog He spent a month tramping in the hills around Balmoral.

noun

1. vagrant, bum (informal), derelict, drifter, down-and-out, hobo (chiefly U.S.), vagabond, bag lady (chiefly U.S.), dosser (Brit. slang) an old tramp who slept rough in our neighbourhood

2. tread, stamp, footstep, footfall the slow, heavy tramp of feet on the staircase

3. hike, march, trek, ramble, slog He had just come from a day-long tramp on some wild moor.

4. (Slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) slut, tart, slag (Brit. slang), slapper (Brit. slang), scrubber (Brit. & Austral. slang), trollop, sloven, slattern Look at her. She's a tramp, getting undressed with the shades open.

Translations

tramp [træmp]

A. N

1. (= sound of feet) → ruido m de pasos

2. (= long walk) → caminata f
to go for a tramp in the hills → ir de paseo por la montaña
it's a long tramp → es mucho camino

3. (= homeless person) → vagabundo/a m/f

4. (esp US) (= loose woman) she's a tramp → es una zorra, es una golfa

5. (Naut) (also tramp steamer) → vapor m volandero

B. VT

1. (= stamp on) → pisar con fuerza

2. (= walk across) → recorrer a pie, hacer una excursión por
to tramp the streets → andar por las calles, callejear

C. VI to tramp (along) → caminar(con pasos pesados)
the soldiers tramped past → los soldados pasaron marchando
to tramp up and down → andar de acá para allá
he tramped up to the door → se acercó con pasos pesados a la puerta

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tramp [ˈtræmp]

n

(= homeless person) → vagabond(e) m/f

(= immoral woman) → grue f

vi → marcher d'un pas lourd

vt

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

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tramp

vi

(= walk heavily, trudge) → stapfen, mit schweren Schritten gehen, stampfen; the soldiers tramped along for hours → die Soldaten marschierten stundenlang (mit schweren Schritten); I’ve been tramping (a)round town all day → ich bin den ganzen Tag in der Stadt herumgestiefelt (inf); to tramp up and down the platform → auf dem Bahnsteig auf und ab marschieren

(= hike) → marschieren, wandern; (vagabond) → umherziehen; he tramped all over Europe → er wanderte in ganz Europa umher

vt

(= spread by walking) → herumtreten; don’t tramp that mud into the carpet → tritt den Dreck nicht in den Teppich

(= walk) streets → latschen durch (inf)

n

(= vagabond) → Landstreicher(in) m(f), → Tramp m; (in town) → Stadtstreicher(in) m(f)

(= sound) → Stapfen nt, → schwere Schritte pl

(= walk) → Wanderung f; it’s a long tramp → es ist ein weiter Weg

(Naut) → Trampdampfer m

(inf: = loose woman) → Flittchen nt (pej)

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tramp [træmp]

1. n

a. (sound of feet) → rumore m pesante (di passi)

b. (long walk) → camminata
to go for a tramp in the hills → andare a fare una camminata sui colli

c. (person) → vagabondo/a
she's a tramp (fam, pej) → è una sgualdrina

2. vt (walk through, town, streets) → percorrere a piedi
to tramp the streets looking for sth → battere le strade in cerca di qc

3. vi → camminare con passo pesante
the soldiers tramped past → i soldati sono passati marciando pesantemente
he tramped up to the door → si è avvicinato con passi pesanti alla porta

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tramp

v tramp [trӕmp]

1 to walk with heavy footsteps He tramped up the stairs. hard loop يَمْشي مُتَثاقِلا крача тежко dupat trampe trampeln περπατώ βαριά caminar pesadamente/con pasos pesados kõmpima سنگین راه رفتن raahustaa marcher à pas lourds לִצעוֹד בִּכבֵדוּת धब-धब करते हुए चलना teško hodati, ići teškim korakom dübörög berjalan dengan berat þramma camminare (con passo pesante) どしんどしんと歩く 쿵쿵 하며 걷다 sunkiai eiti, plumpinti smagi iet; slāt berjalan berdetap-detup stampen trampe stąpać ciężkimi krokami pisar forte a tropăi; a bocăni громко топать dupať copotati tabanati trampa, klampa เดินหรือย่ำเสียงตึงตัง ağır adımlarla yürümek 用沉重的步子走 гупати, тупати بھاري قدم سے چلنا đi bộ 用沉重的步子走

2 to walk usually for a long distance She loves tramping over the hills. stap يَتَجَوَّل سَيْرا على الأقْدام бродя podnikat pěší tůry vandre wandern πεζοπορώ dar una caminata, hacer excursiones, caminar mucho matkama پیاده روی کردن vaeltaa faire de la randonnée pédestre לְשוֹטֵט पदयात्रा करना pješačiti, putovati pješice bebarangol berkelana ganga camminare (a lungo) 徒歩旅行する 터벅터벅 걷다 klajoti, bastytis klaiņot; staigāt berjalan jauh trekken gå (tur), vandre, traske łazić, wędrować vaguear a hoinări совершать пешие прогулки putovať, chodiť na pešie túry potovati peš prepešačiti ströva, vandra เดินเท้า uzun uzun yürümek 徒步旅行 подорожувати пішки لمبي مسافت طے کرنا đi lang thang 徒步旅行

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. boemelaar صُعْلوك مُتَشَرِّد скитник tulák vagabond der/die Landstreicher(in) αλήτης, ζητιάνος vagabundo hulkur, paadialune خانه به دوش؛ ولگرد irtolainen vagabond/-onde נָווַד आवारागर्द skitnica csavargó gelandangan flakkari vagabondo 放浪者 방랑자 valkata klaidonis; klenderis kutu rayau zwerver landstryker, løsgjenger włóczęga vagabundo vaga­­bond бродяга tulák, -čka klatež lutalica luffare คนจรจัด avare, evsiz barksız insan 流浪者 бродяга, бурлака آوارہ گرد kẻ lang thang 流浪者

2 a long walk. lang stap جَوْلَةٌ سَيْرا على الأقْدام дълга разходка túra vandretur die Wanderung πεζοπορία caminata, paseo largo jalgsimatk راه پیمایی vaellus randonnée שִׁיטוּט पदयात्रा duga šetnja (fárasztó) gyaloglás jalan jauh löng ganga camminata 徒歩旅行 무거운 발걸음 klajonė, varginanti kelionė pėsčiomis nogurdinošs pārgājiens; klaiņojums perjalanan jauh trektocht fottur, marsj piesza wędrówka, wycieczka caminhada hoinăreală пешая прогулка túra pohod lutanje fotvandring, strövtåg การเดินทางไกล uzun yürüyüş 遠足 довга і стомлива подорож пішки لمبي چہل قدمي sự đi lang thang 远足

3 the sound of heavy footsteps. swaar voetstappe وَقْع الأقْدام тропане dupání trampen das Getrampel ποδοβολητό ruido fuerte de pasos sammumüdin گرم گرم töminä martèlement (de pas) קוֹל צְעָדִים पदचाप topot lábdübörgés hentakan kaki þramm calpestio どしんどしん 터벅거리는 발소리 sunkūs žingsniai soļu duna jalan berdetap-detup gestamp tramp(ing) tupot, ciężkie kroki tropel tropăit; bocă­nit топот dupot topot topot tramp[], klamp[] เสียงย่ำเท้า ayak sesi 重的腳步聲 гупання, тупання بھاري قدم کي آواز tiếng bước chân nặng nề 重的脚步声

4 (alsotramp steamer) a small cargo-boat with no fixed route. boemelboot قارِب رُكّاب غَيْر مُحَدَّد الإتِّجاه малък товарен кораб trampová loď (bez plavebního řádu) fragtdamper das Trampschiff φορτηγό πλοίο tramp, vapor volandero tramplaev کشتی ولگرد pieni rahtialus tramp שוֹטֶטֶת माल जहाज teretni brod slobodne plovidbe alkalmi teherhajó perahu tanpa trayek flutningaskip (nave da carico) 不定期貨物船 부정기 화물선 krovininis laivas tramps, tvaikonis ar brīvu maršrutu kapal muatan tanpa jadual trampboot trampbåt trampowiec navio de carga cargobot трамп nákladný parník tramper teretnjak trampfartyg เรือสินค้า tarifesiz vapur 航線不固定的小貨船 трамп, трампове судно چھوٹي باربردار کشتي tàu chở không chạy theo tuyến đường nhất định 航线不固定的小货船

5 (American) a prostitute or a woman who sleeps with a lot of men. hoer زانِيَه تَنام مع عِدَّة رجال уличница coura, děvka luder die Schlampe πόρνη fulana, lagarta, pelandusca libu زن هرزه huora coureuse זוֹנָה आवारागर्द drolja prostituált pelacur sgualdrina 売春婦、ふしだらな女 매춘부 kekšė, paleistuvė ielasmeita; slampa perempuan jalang hoer, slet løsaktig kvinne dziwka, ladacznica шлюха pobehlica, fľandra cipa prostitutka slampa, fnask โสเภณี kaldırım yosması （美）妓女 розпусниця رنڈي، طائفہ gái điếm （美）妓女

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tramp → رحلة سيرًا على الأقدام, مُتَسَوِّل dlouhá procházka, vagabund luder, vagabond Landstreicher, Wanderung αλήτης, ποδαρόδρομος caminata, vagabundo kävelyretki, kulkuri clochard, randonnée prosjak, skitnja barbone, camminata 徒歩旅行, 浮浪者 거지, 장거리 도보 vagebond, voettocht fottur, tigger wędrówka, włóczęga caminhada longa, mendigo бродяга, долгая прогулка fotvandring, luffare การเดินทางไกล, คนจรจัด serseri, taban tepmek chuyến đi bộ dài, kẻ lang thang 流浪汉, 远足