tramp
Other forms: tramping; tramped; tramps
Tramp means to walk or stomp heavily. Your midnight tramp to the kitchen for milk and cookies doesn't thrill your downstairs neighbors.
Tramp comes from the German trampen, for "stamp." If you walk heavily, people will say you tramp, but if you're going on a tramp, that means you're going for a long walk or hike. If someone calls you a tramp, they either mean you're a slut or a hobo — each meaning comes vagrant, or wanderer, and the low-life behaviors associated with vagrants.
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travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition“We went tramping about the state of Colorado”
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type of:
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hike
walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise
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hike
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cross on foot“We had to tramp the creeks”
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type of:
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cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse
travel across or pass over
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cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse
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walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
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a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
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types:
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backpacker, packer
a hiker who wears a backpack
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type of:
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footer, pedestrian, walker
a person who travels by foot
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backpacker, packer
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a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
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a heavy footfall
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a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
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synonyms:
tramp steamer
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move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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a disreputable vagrant
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a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
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