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tramp in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a disreputable vagrant
    "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
    tramp  hobo  bum 
  2. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
    "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"
    hike  hiking  tramp 
  3. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
    hiker  tramp  tramper 
  4. a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
    swinger  tramp 
  5. a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
    tramp steamer  tramp 
  6. a heavy footfall
    "the tramp of military boots"
    tramp 
verb
  1. 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"
    roll  wander  swan  stray  tramp  roam  cast  ramble  rove  range  drift  vagabond 
  2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
    "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
    slog  footslog  plod  trudge  pad  tramp 
  3. travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
    "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"
    tramp 
  4. cross on foot
    "We had to tramp the creeks"
    tramp 
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