tramp

🇺🇸 /træmp/ 🇬🇧 /træmp/
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noun
R

Someone who does not have a home or job and moves from place to place.

I saw a tramp sleeping under the bridge.

R

The loud noise made by heavy steps.

The tramp of feet could be heard in the hallway.

R

A long and often tiring walk.

After a long day, the walk back home felt like an endless tramp.

R

An unkind term used for someone, usually a woman, who is thought to have many sexual partners.

She felt judged and labeled as a tramp by the people around her.

verb
R

To walk for a long time, usually with heavy steps.

We tramped through the muddy field looking for our lost dog.

translation

n. Someone who does not have a home or job and moves from place to place.; The loud noise made by heavy steps.; A long and often tiring walk.; An unkind term used for someone, usually a woman, who is thought to have many sexual partners.
v. To walk for a long time, usually with heavy steps.

Word Forms

Plural tramps
Progressive tramping
Past tramped
Perfect tramped
3rd Present tramps