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tramp

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[ tramp ]

verb (used without object)

  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:

    They tramped wearily through the night.

  4. to go on a walking excursion or expedition; hike:

    a beautiful day for tramping through the countryside.

  5. to go about as a vagabond or tramp.
  6. to make a voyage on a tramp steamer.


verb (used with object)

  1. to tramp or walk heavily or steadily through or over.
  2. to traverse on foot:

    to tramp the streets.

  3. to tread or trample underfoot:

    to tramp grapes.

  4. to travel over as a tramp.
  5. to run (a ship) as a tramp steamer.

noun

  1. the act of tramping.
  2. a firm, heavy, resounding tread.
  3. the sound made by such a tread.
  4. a long, steady walk; trudge.
  5. a walking excursion or expedition; hike.
  6. a person who travels on foot from place to place, especially a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.

    Synonyms: , ,

  7. a sexually promiscuous woman; prostitute.
  8. a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire. Compare cargo liner ( def ).
  9. a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.

tramp

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[ tramp ]

noun

  1. We learned some wicked pivots on the tramp today.

verb (used without object)

  1. to use a trampoline, especially with a tramp board:

    These are the boards preferred by professional water skiers who tramp as part of their training.

tramp

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verb

  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 to walk for sport or recreation, esp in the bush
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  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. Also calledtramp steamer a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire
  6. slang.
    a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman
  7. an iron plate on the sole of a boot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • ˈ³Ù°ù²¹³¾±è¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù°ù²¹³¾±èİù noun
  • ³Ù°ù²¹³¾±èi²õ³ó adjective
  • ³Ù°ù²¹³¾±èi²õ³ó·ly adverb
  • ³Ù°ù²¹³¾±èi²õ³ó·ness noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¾±è±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tramp1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English trampen “to walk heavily, stampâ€; cognate with Low German trampen, Middle Dutch tramperen “to stampâ€; akin to Gothic ana-trimpan “to press hard uponâ€; traipse, trample

Origin of tramp2

Shortening of trampoline ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tramp1

C14: probably from Middle Low German trampen ; compare Gothic ana-trimpan to press heavily upon, German trampen to hitchhike
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Open in 1911 — at age 19 — one year after he finished second to Scottish immigrant Alex Smith, telling him as they exited the course, “I’ll get you next year, you big tramp.â€

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“We have the tramp from ‘Lady and the Tramp.’â€

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently.

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As Mainard details the ins and outs of “cool Christianity†and Van Gogh tramp stamps, the basement pipes are completely forgotten.

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If someone tramps across the well-manicured grass in front of your home, you would be fully within your rights to tell them to get off your lawn.

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