tramp (n.)

  1. a disreputable vagrant; a homeless tramp; he tried to help the really down-and-out bums

    [ Syn: hobo , bum ]

  2. a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

    [ Syn: swinger ]

  3. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

    [ Syn: hiker , tramper ]

  4. a heavy footfall; the tramp of military boots'

  5. a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

    [ Syn: tramp steamer ]

  6. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; she enjoys a hike in her spare time

    [ Syn: hike , hiking ]

    tramp (v.)

  1. travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; We went tramping about the state of Colorado'

  2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone

    [ Syn: slog , footslog , plod , trudge , pad ]

  3. cross on foot; We had to tramp the creeks'

  4. 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

    [ Syn: roll , wander , swan , stray , roam , cast , ramble , rove , range , drift , vagabond ]

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