Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tramp"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tramp \Tramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tramped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tramping}.] [OE. trampen; akin to LG. trampen, G. trampeln,
LG. & D. trappen, Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth.
anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe
steps, stairs. Cf. {Trap} a kind of rock, {Trape}, {Trip}, v.
i., {Tread}.]
1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
[Colloq.]
3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
[Scot.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tramp \Tramp\, v. i.
To travel; to wander; to stroll.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tramp \Tramp\, n.
1. A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long
tramp. --Blackie.
2. A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for
a vagrant or wandering vagabond. --Halliwell.
3. The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in
marching. --Sir W. Scott.
4. A tool for trimming hedges.
5. A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or
the shoe, when digging with a spade.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tramp
n 1: a disreputable vagrant [syn: {hobo}, {bum}]
2: a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex [syn: {swinger}]
3: a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for
pleasure) [syn: {hiker}, {tramper}]
4: a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots"
5: a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular
schedule [syn: {tramp steamer}]
6: a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure [syn: {hike}]
v 1: travel on on foot, esp. on a walking expedition; "We went
tramping about the state of Colorado"
2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin"
D.H. Lawrence [syn: {slog}, {footslog}, {plod}, {trudge},
{pad}]
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" [syn: {wander}, {swan}, {stray}, {roam},
{cast}, {ramble}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]
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