English Explanatory Dictionary

tramp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of walking with heavy steps.
  2. A homeless person; a vagabond.
  3. A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
  4. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
  5. A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
  6. Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted.
  7. A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
  8. Shaking or juddering of a vehicle's driving axle under hard acceleration or braking, caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, and leading to reduction in tire traction.
verb
  1. To walk with heavy footsteps.
  2. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
  3. To hitchhike.
  4. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
  5. To travel or wander through.
  6. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
  7. To scram; begone.
  8. To shake or judder under hard acceleration or braking, referring to the movement of a vehicle's driving axle caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, leading to reduction in tire traction.
noun
  1. Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹæmp/ en-us-tramp.ogg en-au-tramp.ogg /ˈtɹeə̯mp/ /ˈtɹɛə̯mp/

Word forms

tramp tramps tramping tramped

Etymology

From Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see trample) or from Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”). Doublet of tremp. Cognate with Dutch trampen (“to stamp, kick, step”), dialectal German trampen (“to step, walk, tread”), whence commoner German trampeln (“to trample”). Probably related to trap.

Synonyms

bum hobo vagabond stiff casual clochard derelict dero down-and-out down-and-outer drifter epithite floater gadling Jack out of doors knight of the road landleaper landloper landlouper nomad paker palliard pike piker ranger rogue rolling stone rough sleeper scatterling skelder skell stroller stumblebum swagman swaggie toerag tramp truant vagrant wanderer waif yagger NB: All terms are usually pejorative unless stated otherwise. 304 alley cat alleycat amorette amoret amorosa article Athanasian wench blowsabella bop chippy cocotte cockslut cockwhore crumpet cum dumpster cum guzzler

Derived words

ocean tramp railroad tramp rubber tramp saddle tramp tramp ant tramp art tramp chair tramp data tramp iron tramp juice tramp-pick tramp stamp tramp steamer tramp trade trample tromp
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