Tramp

Noun

 * 1)  A homeless person, a vagabond.
 * 2)  A disreputable woman.
 * "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."
 * 1) Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
 * 2) Short for trampoline, especially very small ones.
 * 3)   A long walk, generally of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.

Synonyms

 * bum, hobo, vagabond
 * See also Thesaurus:vagabond
 * see WikiSaurus:promiscuous woman
 * see tramp steamer
 * hike, ramble

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.
 * 1) To hitchhike

Derived terms

 * trample
 * tromp

Adjectives for Tramp
collier; measured; penniless; steady; dusty; derisible; plashy; echoing; impecunious; dingy; clattering; sullen; beggarly.

Adverbs for Tramp
ruthlessly; vigorously; sullenly; monotonously; dingily; indefatigably; remorselessly.

Thesaurus
Arab, Bowery bum, airing, alien, amble, backpack, baggage, bat around, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bo, budmash, bum, bummer, cadger, caitiff, case, character, chug on, constitutional, count ties, crackpot, crank, defile, derelict, devil, divagate, dogie, down-and-out, down-and-outer, drift, drifter, drunkard, eccentric, fanatic, file, file off, flit, floater, footfall, footslog, footstep, forced march, gad, gad about, gallivant, gamin, gamine, go about, go on parade, go the rounds, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goose-step, guttersnipe, gypsy, hermit, hike, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, homeless waif, human wreck, hussy, idler, jade, jaunt, jezebel, jog on, knock about, knock around, kook, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, lone wolf, loner, losel, lowlife, lumber, march, mauvais sujet, maverick, mean wretch, meander, mendicant, mendicant friar, mendicant order, meshuggenah, mooch, moocher, mucker, mudlark, mush, natural, no-good, nomadize, nonconformist, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, original, outsider, panhandler, parade, pariah, pauvre diable, peg, peregrinate, pererrate, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, piker, pilgarlic, plod, plod along, plug, plug along, poor creature, poor devil, promenade, prowl, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, ramble, range, rara avis, roam, rounder, rove, rover, rub on, run about, sad case, sad sack, saunter, schlep, schnorrer, screwball, scrounger, ski bum, skid-row bum, slattern, slog, slut, solitary, stamp, step, stiff, stodge, stomp, straggle, stray, street Arab, street arab, street urchin, stretch, stroll, strumpet, stump, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, thud, traipse, tramper, trample, tread, trek, truant, trudge, turn, turnpiker, type, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagabondize, vagrant, vaurien, waif, waifs and strays, walk, walk the tracks, walkabout, walking tour, wander, wastrel, wayfare, worthless fellow, wretch, zealot

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/tr{mp/}}

Etymology
Originally as verb, from trampen: 1388, from  (compare Modern German trampen:), from ; compare trap:.

Noun sense “vagabond” as “one who tramps” from 1664. Sense of ship from c.1880, sense of promiscuous woman from 1922.

Noun

 * Catalan: rodamón
 * Danish: vagabund
 * Dutch: vagebond, landloper, zwerver, dakloze
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, va-nu-pieds
 * German: Vagabund, Penner (vulg.), Landstreicher


 * Italian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: skitnica, klošar, lutalica, bezposličar
 * Slovene: klošar
 * Swedish: lufsa
 * Taos: tràmpi’ína


 * Dutch:, sloerie
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * German: ,


 * Greek: παλιογυναίκα
 * Italian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgliùrach, luid , reipseach
 * Spanish:, ,

Noun

 * 1) a step, a footprint
 * 2)  the sound of feet (boots, shoes, hooves) walking
 * först då blir lyckan riktigt stor, när trampet hörs av små, små skor
 * at last your luck will be complete, when you hear the tripping of tiny shoes (traditional wedding congratulation telegram)
 * 1) a tramp, a cargo ship without fixed routes

Related terms

 * steps, walking
 * stöveltramp
 * trampa
 * ship
 * trampfartyg