tramp

UK /ˈtɹæmp/ US /ˈtɹæmp/
noun 6verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

A homeless person; a vagabond.

[S]he had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.

2

A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.

I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp.

Claudia is such a tramp; making out with all those men when she has a boyfriend.

3

Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.

I was so happy on board that ship, I could not have believed it possible. We had the beastliest weather, and many discomforts; but the mere fact of its being a tramp-ship gave us many comforts; we could cut about with the men and officers, stay in the wheel-house, discuss all manner of things, and really be a little at sea.

Then I think I conceive of other worlds and vast structures that pass us by, within a few miles, without the slightest desire to communicate, quite as tramp vessels pass many islands without particularizing one from another.

4

A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.

I got in with the American Fur Company and set out for another tramp to trade with the Indians on the North and South Platte Rivers.

The starting place for the tramp is reached over a gravel road that begins on Route 3 about a mile south of Gorham spur.

5

Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted.

Your last delivery of copper ore contained half a hundredweight of tramp metal.

verb

1

To walk with heavy footsteps.

2

To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).

We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.

3

To hitchhike.

4

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

5

To travel or wander through.

to tramp the country

noun

1

Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.

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