TRAMP
Dictionary entry overview: What does tramp mean?
• TRAMP (noun)
The noun TRAMP has 6 senses:
1. a disreputable vagrant
2. a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
3. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
4. a heavy footfall
5. a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
6. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
Familiarity information: TRAMP used as a noun is common.
• TRAMP (verb)
The verb TRAMP has 4 senses:
1. travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
3. cross on foot
4. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Familiarity information: TRAMP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• TRAMP (noun)
Meaning:
A disreputable vagrant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
hobo; tramp; bum
Context examples:
a homeless tramp / he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
Hypernyms ("tramp" is a kind of...):
drifter; floater; vagabond; vagrant (a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tramp"):
dosser; street person (someone who sleeps in any convenient place)
Meaning:
A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
tramp; swinger
Hypernyms ("tramp" is a kind of...):
debauchee; libertine; rounder (a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained)
Meaning:
A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
hiker; tramper; tramp
Hypernyms ("tramp" is a kind of...):
footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tramp"):
backpacker; packer (a hiker who wears a backpack)
Meaning:
A heavy footfall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context example:
the tramp of military boots
Hypernyms ("tramp" is a kind of...):
footfall; footstep; step (the sound of a step of someone walking)
Meaning:
A commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tramp steamer; tramp
Hypernyms ("tramp" is a kind of...):
steamer; steamship (a ship powered by one or more steam engines)
Meaning:
A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hike; hiking; tramp
Context example:
she enjoys a hike in her spare time
Hypernyms ("tramp" is a kind of...):
walk (the act of walking somewhere)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tramp"):
trudge (a long difficult walk)
• TRAMP (verb)
Meaning:
Travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
We went tramping about the state of Colorado
Hypernyms (to "tramp" is one way to...):
hike (walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children tramp to the playground
Meaning:
Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
footslog; plod; trudge; pad; slog; tramp
Context example:
Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
Hypernyms (to "tramp" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tramp"):
slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish (walk through mud or mire)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Cross on foot
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
We had to tramp the creeks
Hypernyms (to "tramp" is one way to...):
cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
roam; stray; vagabond; wander; rove; swan; range; ramble; drift; tramp; cast; roll
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "tramp" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tramp"):
maunder (wander aimlessly)
gad; gallivant; jazz around (wander aimlessly in search of pleasure)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
