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Definitions for Tramp

[1] to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step.
[2] to tread heavily or trample (usually followed by on or upon ): to tramp on a person's toes.
[3] to walk steadily; march; trudge.
[4] to go on a walking excursion or expedition; hike.
[5] to go about as a vagabond or tramp.
[6] to make a voyage on a tramp steamer.
[7] to tramp or walk heavily or steadily through or over.
[8] to traverse on foot: to tramp the streets.
[9] to tread or trample underfoot: to tramp grapes.
[10] to travel over as a tramp.
[11] to run (a ship) as a tramp steamer.
[12] the act of tramping.
[13] a firm, heavy, resounding tread.
[14] the sound made by such a tread.
[15] a long, steady walk; trudge.
[16] a walking excursion or expedition; hike.
[17] a person who travels on foot from place to place, especially a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.
[18] a sexually promiscuous woman; prostitute.
[19] a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire. Compare cargo liner.
[20] a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.
[21] (intr) to walk long and far; hike
[22] to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge
[23] (intr) to wander about as a vagabond or tramp
[24] (tr) to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily to tramp the streets in search of work
[25] (tr) to tread or trample
[26] (intr) NZ to walk for sport or recreation, esp in the bush
[27] a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work
[28] a long hard walk; hike
[29] a heavy or rhythmic step or tread
[30] the sound of heavy treading
[31] Also called: tramp steamer a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire
[32] slang , mainly US and Canadian a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman
[33] an iron plate on the sole of a boot

Words related to Tramp

hobo, traipse, ramble, trudge, gallop, plod, trample, slog, roam, panhandler, down-and-out, beggar, wanderer, loafer, vagrant, outcast, drifter, bum, vagabond, derelict

Words nearby Tramp

trammel, trammel net, trammie, tramontana, tramontane, tramp, tramp art, tramp stamp, tramp steamer, tramper, tramping

Origin of Tramp

1350–1400; Middle English trampen to stamp; cognate with Low German trampen; akin to Gothic ana-trimpan to press hard upon. See traipse, trample

Other words from Tramp

tramp·er , noun
tramp·ish , adjective
tramp·ish·ly , adverb
tramp·ish·ness , noun
un·tramped , adjective

Word origin for Tramp

C14: probably from Middle Low German trampen ; compare Gothic ana-trimpan to press heavily upon, German trampen to hitchhike

Synonyms for Tramp

hobo, beggar, bum, derelict, down-and-out, drifter, floater, hitchhiker, loafer, outcast, panhandler, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, homeless person