tramp
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tramp¹
- /ˈtɹæmp/ Canada, US, UK
- [ˈtɹeə̯mp] ~ [ˈtɹɛə̯mp]
- /ˈtɹæːmp/ Australia
- [ˈtɹeːmp] ~ [ˈtɹɛːmp]
- /ˈtɹamp/ British, Midlands, Northern England
- /ˈtɾamp/ Scotland, Wales
Rhymes with -æmp
Where it comes from
From Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see trample) or from Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”). Doublet of tremp.
Cognate with Dutch trampen (“to stamp, kick, step”), dialectal German trampen (“to step, walk, tread”), whence commoner German trampeln (“to trample”). Probably related to trap.
noun tramps
- The act of walking with heavy steps. My dear sirs, did you actually imagine that one could not follow every clumsy move you made, with Joolby's low comedy tramp and the other two stealing in like a couple of hired assassins in a penny gaff melodrama?
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A homeless person; a vagabond.
[S]he had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
Similar: bum, hobo, vagabond, stiff, casual, clochard, derelict, dero, down-and-out, down-and-outer, drifter, epithite
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A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp.
Similar: NB: All terms are usually pejorative unless stated otherwise., 304, alley cat, alleycat, amorette, amoret, amorosa, article, Athanasian wench, blowsabella, bop, chippy
- Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. I was so happy on board that ship, I could not have believed it possible. We had the beastliest weather, and many discomforts; but the mere fact of its being a tramp-ship gave us many comforts; we could cut about with the men and officers, stay in the wheel-house, discuss all manner of things, and r
- A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area. I got in with the American Fur Company and set out for another tramp to trade with the Indians on the North and South Platte Rivers.
- Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted. Your last delivery of copper ore contained half a hundredweight of tramp metal.
- A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
- Shaking or juddering of a vehicle's driving axle under hard acceleration or braking, caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, and leading to reduction in tire traction.
verb tramps · tramping · tramped
- To walk with heavy footsteps.
- To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain). We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.
- To hitchhike.
- To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
- To travel or wander through. to tramp the country
- To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water. Soak them [blankets, etc.], add to the water in which the linens were washed some soap, and also some of the preparation to produce a strong lather; rub or tramp them, then rinse and dry.
- To scram; begone. She hesitated, “be off—tramp, march,” he exclaimed, in a tone which the poor girl dared not disobey. She left the room, and Edward followed her to the door.
- To shake or judder under hard acceleration or braking, referring to the movement of a vehicle's driving axle caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, leading to reduction in tire traction.
tramp²
- /ˈtɹæmp/ Canada, US, UK
- [ˈtɹeə̯mp] ~ [ˈtɹɛə̯mp]
- /ˈtɹæːmp/ Australia
- [ˈtɹeːmp] ~ [ˈtɹɛːmp]
- /ˈtɹamp/ British, Midlands, Northern England
- /ˈtɾamp/ Scotland, Wales
Rhymes with -æmp
Where it comes from
Clipping of trampoline (ultimately related to the verb via German trampeln).
noun tramps
- Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hobo, hike, bum, beggar, vagrant, stray, nomad, vagabond, nomadic, drifter, slog, trail, dispersal, skank, blackguard, whore
Translations
Every language
noun homeless person
| Español | vagabundo, vagabunda |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 流浪漢 /流浪汉 liúlànghàn |
| Português | vagabundo, vagabunda |
| Français | clochard, va-nu-pieds |
| Deutsch | Vagabund, Penner, Landstreicher, Landstreicherin |
| Italiano | vagabondo, barbone |
| Română | vagabond |
| Русский | бродя́га brodjága, бомж bomž, бося́к bosják |
| עברית | יַחְפָן yaḥfán |
noun promiscuous woman
| Español | golfa, ramera, puta, prostituta |
|---|---|
| Português | vadia, puta, vaca, galinha |
| Français | traînée, garce |
| Deutsch | Schlampe, Flittchen |
| Italiano | puttana, sgualdrina |
| Ελληνικά | παλιογυναίκα paliogynaíka |
| Română | târfă, curvă |
| Русский | шлю́ха šljúxa, потаску́ха potaskúxa |
noun long, wandering walk
| Tiếng Việt | đi dạo |
|---|
verb to walk for a long time through difficult terrain
| Português | trilhar |
|---|---|
| Русский | броди́ть brodítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | lang thang |
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title = {tramp},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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