tramp

Meaning

Noun

1. (derogatory, sometimes) A homeless person; a vagabond.
2. (derogatory) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
3. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
4. (Australia, New-Zealand) A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
5. Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted.
6. A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
7. 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

1. To walk with heavy footsteps.
2. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
3. To hitchhike.
4. (transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
5. (transitive) To travel or wander through.
6. (Scotland, transitive) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
7. (colloquial, intransitive) To scram; begone.
8. (intransitive) 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.

Synonyms

vagabond

vagrant

bum

hobo

walk

🚶

wander

beggar

wanderer

roam

rove

stamp

drift

ramble

tread

trample

range

travel

trudge

swan

🦢

slut

stray

hike

stranger

go

traipse

pauper

tread heavily

loafer

plod

whore

be on the road

hoodlum

swinger

tramper

tramp steamer

footslog

drifter

hiker

stroll

stomp

slog

strumpet

dosser

pound

💷

hiking

cast

pad

derelict

hooker

roll

Translations

vagabundo

vagabondo

Landstreicher

Vagabund

vagabond

barbone

va-nu-pieds

clochard

zwerver

vagabundo

vagabonder

vagabondare

Penner

landloper

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹæmp/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: trampen

Cognate with German: trampen

Cognate with German: trampeln

In summary

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.