Definition of tramps Tramps

/tɹæˈmpz/ - [tratmpz] -

We found 3 definitions of tramps from 2 different sources.

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What does tramps mean?

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  • tramps (Noun)
    Plural of tramp.

Part of speech

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  • tramps, verb, present, 3rd person singular of tramp (infinitive).
  • tramps, noun, plural of tramp.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: tramps

tramp - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
  hobo, bum
  drifter, vagrant, vagabond, floater a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
tramp - a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots"
tramp - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
  hiker, tramper
  pedestrian, footer, walker a person who travels by foot
tramp - a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"
  hike, hiking
  walk the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
tramp - a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
  swinger
  debauchee, libertine, rounder a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
tramp - a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
  tramp steamer

Verb

tramps, tramping, tramped  

tramp - travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"
  hike walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"
  athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
tramp - cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"
  cut through, cut across, get across, traverse, get over, pass over, track, cross, cover be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
tramp - 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, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
  locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
  maunder wander aimlessly
  gad, gallivant, jazz around wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
  err, stray, drift to make a mistake or be incorrect
  wander go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"
tramp - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
  slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad
  walk obtain a base on balls
  squish, slosh, slop, splosh, squelch, splash put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • tramp (Noun)
    A homeless person, a vagabond.
  • tramp (Noun)
    A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
  • tramp (Noun)
    Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published port of ports of call .
  • tramp (Noun)
    A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
  • tramp (Noun)
    Especially a very small one.
  • tramp (Verb)
    To walk with heavy footsteps.
  • tramp (Verb)
    To walk for a long time usually through difficult terrain.
  • tramp (Verb)
    To hitchhike.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tramp (v. i.)
    To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
  • tramp (v. i.)
    To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
  • tramp (v. i.)
    To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
  • tramp (v. i.)
    To travel; to wander; to stroll.
  • tramp (n.)
    A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.
  • tramp (n.)
    A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.
  • tramp (n.)
    The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.
  • tramp (n.)
    A tool for trimming hedges.
  • tramp (n.)
    A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • tramp
    A person abandoned by society, esp. a person without a permanent home and means of support.
  • tramp
    To move about aimlessly or without any destination.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • tramp
    tramp, v.t. to tread, to travel over on foot: (Scot.) to tread clothes in a tub of water so as to cleanse them.—v.i. to walk, to go on foot: to wander about as a vagrant.—n. a foot-journey: a vagrant: a plate of iron worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.—n. Tramp′er.—vs.i. Tram′pous, Tram′poose, to tramp about.—n. Tramp′-pick, an iron pick forced by the foot into the ground. [M. E. trampen; an extension of trap, trip; cf. Ger. trampen.]

Part of speech

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  • tramp, verb, present, 1st person singular of tramp (infinitive).
  • tramp, verb (infinitive).
  • tramp, noun, singular of tramps.

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