tramp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tramp	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for tramp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tramp n a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" Synonym(s): tramp, hobo, bum a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex Synonym(s): swinger, tramp a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) Synonym(s): hiker, tramp, tramper a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots" a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule Synonym(s): tramp steamer, tramp a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time" Synonym(s): hike, hiking, tramp v travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado" walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" Synonym(s): slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks" 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" Synonym(s): roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tramp \Tramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tramped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tramping}.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tramp \Tramp\, v. i. To travel; to wander; to stroll.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tramp \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.