tramp
IPA: trˈæmp
noun
- (sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.
- (derogatory) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
- Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
- (in apposition) Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted.
- A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
- Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one. [A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.]
verb
- To walk with heavy footsteps.
- To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
- To hitchhike.
- (transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
- (transitive) To travel or wander through.
- (transitive, Scotland) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To scram; begone.
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Examples of "tramp" in Sentences
- The tramps and the girl are terrified.
- The tramp rises on the house of the miner.
- Has the old tramp anything to do with the murder
- In the 1933 film, Jimmy is a sailor aboard the tramp.
- The tramp hid the gun in a tree and took Andrew's hat.
- But she's hardly a plucky little tramp kind of character.
- The tramp enters the house and finds the rat in the nursery.
- Tramp, although crestfallen, leaves in harsh disappointment.
- Perhaps the bigger question is: Can we stop using the word "tramp"?
- As the tramp moves away, the narration still remains with the Bench.
- The tramp understands that he cannot escape, and falls to the ground.
- In the United States the tramp is almost invariably a discouraged worker.
- _Tramp, tramp, tramp_, with the smoke and sparks rising; and the big sailor growled again in protest.
- In safety, durability, and performance, this tramp is a jump above all the rest, ASTM USA certifiably safe for young children.
- To show how the tramp is a by-product of this economic necessity, it is necessary to inquire into the composition of the surplus labor army.
- _Tramp, tramp, tramp_, growing fainter and fainter till it died out; and then Private Smithers said, "Hah!" making a great deal of it, and then sighed and smacked his lips as if thirsty, for the water was rippling pleasantly in his ears.
- The evening's companion to Can You Hear Me and Detective Sketches, Lorenzo's basically a gay version of The Blue Angel, with David Zak as an advertising "creative" who becomes obsessed with the title tramp, a blithely opportunistic teenage hustler played by Paul Raedyn.