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tramp

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæmp/

The English word “tramp” has 16 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act of walking with heavy steps.
  2. A homeless person; a vagabond.
  3. A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
  4. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
  5. A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
  6. Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted.
  7. A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
  8. 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. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
  5. To travel or wander through.
  6. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
  7. To scram; begone.
  8. 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.

Etymology

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…

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