tramp
noun
1. a vagrant
- a homeless tramp
Definition categories: person, clochard, drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant
2. a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
Similar word(s): swinger
Definition categories: person, debauchee, libertine, rounder
3. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
Similar word(s): hiker, tramper
Definition categories: person, footer, pedestrian, walker
4. a heavy footfall
- the tramp of military boots
Definition categories: event, footfall, footstep, step
5. a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
Definition categories: man–made, steamer, steamship
6. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
Definition categories: act, walk
Sentences with tramp as a noun:
- "I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp."
- "Claudia is such a tramp; making out with all those men when she has a boyfriend."
verb
1. travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
- We went tramping about the state of Colorado
Definition categories: motion, hike
2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
Similar word(s): footslog, pad, plod, slog, trudge
Definition categories: motion, walk
3. cross on foot
- We had to tramp the creeks
Definition categories: motion, cover, cross, track, traverse
4. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Similar word(s): cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, vagabond, wander
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
Sentences with tramp as a verb:
- We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.
- to tramp the country