tramp

tramp
tramp1 [træmp] n
1.) someone who has no home or job and moves from place to place, often asking for food or money
2.) a long or difficult walk
▪ a long tramp through the snow
3.) old-fashioned especially AmE a woman who has too many sexual partners - used to show disapproval
4.) the tramp of feet/boots
the sound of heavy walking
▪ the steady tramp of soldiers' feet
tramp 2
tramp2 v [I always + adverb/preposition, T]
[Date: 1300-1400; : Middle Low German; Origin: trampen 'to stamp']
to walk somewhere slowly and with heavy steps
▪ He tramped the streets looking for work.
tramp through/across/around etc
▪ The walk involved tramping through mud.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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Synonyms:
(on foot), , (heavily), , / (on foot), , / , / , , , , ,


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