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

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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

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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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