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

Tramp \Tramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tramped; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Tramping.] [OE. trampen; akin to LG. trampen, G. trampeln,
   LG. & D. trappen, Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth.
   anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe
   steps, stairs. Cf. Trap a kind of rock, Trape, Trip, v.
   i., Tread.]
   1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
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   2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
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   3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
      [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Tramp \Tramp\, v. i.
   To travel; to wander; to stroll.
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Tramp \Tramp\, n.
   1. A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long
      tramp. --Blackie.
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   2. A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for
      a vagrant or wandering vagabond. --Halliwell.
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   3. The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in
      marching. --Sir W. Scott.
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   4. A tool for trimming hedges.
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   5. A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or
      the shoe, when digging with a spade.
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