Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense tramps, present participle tramping, past tense, past participle tramped
1. countable noun
A tramp is a person who has no home or job, and very little money. Tramps go from place to place, and get food or money by asking people or by doing casual work.
2. verb
If you tramp somewhere, you walk there slowly and with regular, heavy steps, for a long time.
They put on their coats and tramped through the falling snow. [VERB preposition/adverb]
She spent all day yesterday tramping the streets, gathering evidence. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: trudge, march, stamp, stump More Synonyms of tramp
3. uncountable noun
The tramp of people is the sound of their heavy, regular walking.
He heard the slow, heavy tramp of feet on the stairs. [+ of]
...the tramp of heavy boots.
Synonyms: tread, stamp, footstep, footfall More Synonyms of tramp
4. countable noun
Tramp is an insulting word for a woman who is thought to have many sexual partners.
[mainly US, offensive, disapproval]
More Synonyms of tramp
tramp in British English
(træmp)
verb
1. (intransitive)
to walk long and far; hike
2.
to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge
3. (intransitive)
to wander about as a vagabond or tramp
4. (transitive)
to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily
to tramp the streets in search of work
5. (transitive)
to tread or trample
6. (intransitive) New Zealand
to walk for sport or recreation, esp in the bush
noun
7.
a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work
8.
a long hard walk; hike
9.
a heavy or rhythmic step or tread
10.
the sound of heavy treading
11. Also called: tramp steamer
a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire
12. derogatory, slang, mainly US and Canadian
a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman
13.
an iron plate on the sole of a boot
Derived forms
tramping (ˈtramping)
noun
trampish (ˈtrampish)
adjective
Word origin
C14: probably from Middle Low German trampen; compare Gothic ana-trimpan to press heavily upon, German trampen to hitchhike
tramp in American English
(træmp)
verb intransitive
1.
a.
to walk with heavy steps
b.
to step heavily; stamp
to tramp on someone's foot
2.
a.
to travel about on foot; trudge; hike
b.
to travel as or like a vagabond, hobo, etc.
verb transitive
3.
to step on firmly and heavily; trample
4.
to walk or ramble through
noun
5.
a person who travels about on foot, esp. one doing odd jobs or begging for a living; hobo; vagrant
6.
the sound of heavy steps, as of people marching
7.
the act of tramping; esp., a journey on foot; hike
8.
a freight ship that has no regular schedule, arranging for cargo, passengers, and ports of call as it goes along
9.
an iron plate on the sole of a shoe to protect it, to prevent slipping, etc.
10. Slang
a woman who is sexually promiscuous
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈvagrant
Derived forms
tramper (ˈtramper)
noun
Word origin
ME trampen < or akin to LowG trampen, to trample < nasalized form of the base in trap1
Synonyms of 'tramp'
trudge, march, stamp, stump
hike, walk, trek, roam
trample, stamp, crush, tread
vagrant, bum, derelict, drifter
tread, stamp, footstep, footfall
hike, march, trek, ramble
slut, tart, slag, slapper
More Synonyms of tramp
In other languages
tramp
British English: tramp /træmp/ NOUN
vagabond A tramp is a person with no home or job who travels around and gets money by doing occasional work or by begging.
...tramps who sleep outdoors.
American English: tramp beggar
Arabic: مُتَسَوِّل
Brazilian Portuguese: mendigo
Chinese: 流浪汉
Croatian: prosjak
Czech: tulák
Danish: vagabond
Dutch: vagebond
European Spanish: vagabundo
Finnish: kulkuri
French: clochard
German: Landstreicher
Greek: αλήτης
Italian: barbone
Japanese: 浮浪者
Korean: 거지
Norwegian: tigger
Polish: włóczęga
European Portuguese: mendigo
Romanian: vagabond
Russian: бродяга
Latin American Spanish: vagabundo
Swedish: luffare
Thai: คนจรจัด
Turkish: serseri
Ukrainian: бродяга
Vietnamese: kẻ lang thang
British English: tramp /træmp/ NOUN
walk A tramp is a difficult and long walk.
American English: hike long walk
Arabic: رِحْلَةٌ سَيْرًا عَلَى الَأقْدام
Brazilian Portuguese: caminhada longa
Chinese: 远足
Croatian: skitnja
Czech: vandr
Danish: gåtur
Dutch: voettocht
European Spanish: caminata paseo
Finnish: kävelyretki
French: randonnée
German: Wanderung
Greek: ποδαρόδρομος
Italian: camminata
Japanese: 徒歩旅行
Korean: 행군
Norwegian: fottur
Polish: wędrówka
European Portuguese: caminhada longa
Romanian: drum lung și obositor
Russian: долгая прогулка
Latin American Spanish: caminata
Swedish: fotvandring
Thai: การเดินทางไกล
Turkish: taban tepmek
Ukrainian: довга, втомлива подорож пішки
Vietnamese: chuyến đi bộ dài
British English: tramp VERB
If you tramp somewhere, you walk there slowly and with regular, heavy steps, for a long time.
They put on their coats and tramped through the falling snow.