tramp
/trˈæmp/
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Definitions
Noun
a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
Noun
a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
Noun
a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
Noun
a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots"
Noun
a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
Noun
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"
Verb
travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"
Verb
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
Verb
cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"
Verb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
Synonyms
bum
cast
drift
footslog
hike
hiker
hiking
hobo
pad
plod
ramble
range
roam
roll
rove
slog
stray
swan
swinger
tramp steamer
tramper
trudge
vagabond
wander
More General Terms
cover
cross
cut across
cut through
debauchee
drifter
floater
footer
footfall
footstep
get across
get over
go
hike
libertine
locomote
move
pass over
pedestrian
rounder
steamer
steamship
step
track
travel
traverse
vagabond
vagrant
walk
walker
More Specific Terms
backpacker
dosser
gad
gallivant
jazz around
maunder
packer
slop
slosh
splash
splosh
squelch
squish
street person
trudge