Lexic.us

Definition of Tramp

1. Noun. A disreputable vagrant. "He tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

2. Verb. Travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition. "The children tramp to the playground"; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"

3. Noun. A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex.

4. Verb. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud. "They tramp up the hill"; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

5. Noun. A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure).

6. Verb. Cross on foot. "We had to tramp the creeks"

7. Noun. A heavy footfall. "The tramp of military boots"

8. Verb. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. "They tramp in the countryside"; "They rolled from town to town"

9. Noun. A commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule.

10. Noun. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure. "She enjoys a hike in her spare time"

Definition of Tramp

1. v. t. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

2. v. i. To travel; to wander; to stroll.

3. n. A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.

Definition of Tramp

1. Noun. (pejorative) A homeless person, a vagabond. ¹

2. Noun. (pejorative) A disreputable woman. ¹

3. Noun. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. ¹

4. Noun. Short for trampoline, especially very small ones. ¹

5. Noun. (New Zealand) (Australia) A long walk, generally of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area. ¹

6. Verb. To walk with heavy footsteps. ¹

7. Verb. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain). ¹

8. Verb. To hitchhike ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tramp

1. to walk with a firm, heavy step [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tramp

trammel trammel net trammeled trammeler trammelers trammeling trammelled trammeller trammellers trammelling

trammels tramming tramontana tramontane tramontanes tramp (current term) tramp's spurge tramp chair tramp data tramp down

tramp iron tramp stamp tramp stamps tramp steamer tramp steamers tramped tramper trampers trampet trampets

Literary usage of Tramp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American War Ballads and Lyrics: A Collection of the Songs and Ballads of by George Cary Eggleston (1889)
"tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching, On", cheer up, comrades, they will come, And beneath the starry flag we shall breathe the air again, ..."

2. Baptist Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1905)
"And it's tramp, tramp, tramp, as he trudges through the dust, While his eyes are nearly blinded by the rushing, whirling gust; And it's splish, splash, ..."

3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1908)
"tramp! GEORGE F. ROOT. PART I.—"THE PRISONERS' HOPE." IN the prison cell I sit, Thinking, mother, dear, of you, And our bright and happy home so far away, ..."

4. Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives by Allan Pinkerton (1878)
"These are the tramp-printers. Never was there another such a shrewd, good-natured, harmless, and yet reckless class of strollers on earth. ..."

5. Zimmermann on Ocean Shipping by Erich Walter Zimmermann (1921)
"The tendency, therefore, is for newly built tramp ships to be capable of a somewhat ... British predominance in tramp shipping.—British maritime supremacy ..."

6. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1896)
"So long as the movements of vagrants are unrestricted, the tramp will find ... There is, first, the tramp, pure and simple, who, like the lily of the field ..."

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