tramp
pronunciation
How to pronounce tramp in British English:
UK [træmp]
How to pronounce tramp in American English:
US [træmp]
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- Noun:
- a disreputable vagrant
- a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
- a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
- a heavy footfall
- a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
- a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
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- Verb:
- travel on on foot, especially on a walking expedition
- walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- cross on foot
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Word Origin
- tramp (n.)
- "person who wanders about, idle vagrant, vagabond," 1660s, from tramp (v). Sense of "steamship which takes cargo wherever it can be traded" (as opposed to one running a regular line) is attested from c. 1880. The meaning "promiscuous woman" is from 1922. Sense of "a long, toilsome walk" is from 1786.
- tramp (v.)
- late 14c., "walk heavily, stamp," from Middle Low German trampen "to stamp," from Proto-Germanic *tremp- (cognates: Danish trampe, Swedish trampa "to tramp, stamp," Gothic ana-trimpan "to press upon"), from PIE *der- (1) "to run, walk, step" (see tread (v.)). Related: Tramped; tramping.
Example
- 1. You turned a tramp away from your door this morning .
- 2. Note : in stretched form , the h2 will often carry girls with bridal sashes , tiaras , and tramp stamps .
- 3. The master once told the story of a priceless antique bowl that fetched a fortune at a public auction . It had been used by a tramp who ended his days in poverty , quite unaware of the value of the bowl with which he begged for pennies .
- 4. If they decided to set fire to a tramp , for instance , I would love them less a lot less , in fact .
- 5. I do write every day , but not about the characters born in my imagination , who have accidentally killed a tramp or crashed a car , only to disappear into oblivion .