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UK
/tɹˈæmp/
]
[ US /ˈtɹæmp/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹæmp/ ]
NOUN
-
a heavy footfall
the tramp of military boots - a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
- a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
- a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
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a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
she enjoys a hike in her spare time -
a vagrant
a homeless tramp
he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
VERB
-
cross on foot
We had to tramp the creeks -
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone -
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
The cattle roam across the prairie
They rolled from town to town
The gypsies roamed the woods
roving vagabonds
the laborers drift from one town to the next
the wandering Jew -
travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
We went tramping about the state of Colorado
How To Use tramp In A Sentence
- He was trampled to death by a runaway horse.
- Appropriately, he spends most of his days on tramp steamers, skiffs and barges.
- I was kneeling on the floor beneath his feet and nearly got trampled to death in the scrum.
- The shelty came down over the rump of a red bullock, and Sim was sprawling on his face in the trampled grass. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
- The mini-trampoline rebounder gets amazing results for almost anyone.
- Now, more than ever before, the study of battles will involve a literal trampling upon dead men's bones.
- The three rivers can become impassable after rain, and trampers usually traverse west to east, so that the river wades are predictable at the time of departure.
- We tramped across the wet grass to look at the statue.
- I was at home with herds and tramps and roadmen, and I was sufficiently at my ease with people like Sir Walter and the men I had met the night before. The Thirty-Nine Steps
- This is a wonderfully nourishing cake to take on a winter tramp or to a working bee.
