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TRAMP
hike, hiking, tramp
(noun) a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; “she enjoys a hike in her spare time”
tramp
(noun) a heavy footfall; “the tramp of military boots”
hiker, tramp, tramper
(noun) a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
swinger, tramp
(noun) a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
tramp, hobo, bum
(noun) a vagrant; “a homeless tramp”; “he tried to help the really down-and-out bums”
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; “The gypsies roamed the woods”; “roving vagabonds”; “the wandering Jew”; “The cattle roam across the prairie”; “the laborers drift from one town to the next”; “They rolled from town to town”
tramp
(verb) cross on foot; “We had to tramp the creeks”
tramp
(verb) travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; “We went tramping about the state of Colorado”
slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp
(verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; “Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tramp (plural tramps)
(sometimes, pejorative) A homeless person; a vagabond.
Synonyms: bum, hobo, vagabond
(pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
(Australia, New Zealand) A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
Synonyms: bushwalk, hike, ramble, trek
Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.
(in apposition) Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted
A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
Verb
tramp (third-person singular simple present tramps, present participle tramping, simple past and past participle tramped)
To walk with heavy footsteps.
To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
To hitchhike.
(transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
(transitive) To travel or wander through.
(transitive, Scotland) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
Source: Wiktionary
Tramp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tramped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tramping.] Etym: [OE. trampen; akin to LG. trampen, G. trampeln, LG. & D. trappen, Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth. anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe steps, stairs. Cf. Trap a kind of rock, Trape, Trip, v. i., Tread.]
1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country. [Colloq.]
3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Tramp, v. i.
Definition: To travel; to wander; to stroll.
Tramp, n.
1. A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp. Blackie.
2. A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond. Halliwell.
3. The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching. Sir W. Scott.
4. A tool for trimming hedges.
5. A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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