Meaning & Definition of Tramp in English

1. A disreputable vagrant

• "A homeless tramp"

• "He tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

2. A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

3. A foot traveler

• Someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

4. A heavy footfall

• "The tramp of military boots"

5. A commercial steamer for hire

• One having no regular schedule

6. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

• "She enjoys a hike in her spare time"

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"

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"