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tramp
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- pronunciation:
- traemp
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
tramps, tramping, tramped |
| definition 1: |
to walk with forceful, heavy steps.
We heard him as he angrily tramped through the kitchen.- synonyms:
- slog, stomp
- similar words:
- plod, stride, stump, trudge
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| definition 2: |
to tread heavily (usu. fol. by "on" or "upon").
Don't tramp on the weak floorboards.- synonyms:
- stamp, stomp, trample, tread
- similar words:
- step
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| definition 3: |
to advance on foot, esp. at a steady, even gait; march or hike.
The soldiers tramped along the road.- synonyms:
- stride
- similar words:
- hike, march, walk
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| definition 4: |
to wander or voyage aimlessly, as a vagabond.
He escaped from prison and tramped through the countryside.- synonyms:
- roam, rove, traipse, wander
- similar words:
- gad, meander, peregrinate, ramble, travel
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| related words: |
clump, roam, stalk, stamp, storm |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cross or go along on foot.
He tramped the roads in search of her.- synonyms:
- walk
- similar words:
- cross, perambulate, peregrinate, roam, rove, travel
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| definition 2: |
to tread heavily upon; trample.
Please don't tramp these small flowers.- synonyms:
- stomp, trample
- similar words:
- crush, squash
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| definition 3: |
to cover or travel across idly or as a vagabond.
We tramped the countryside all summer.- synonyms:
- ramble, roam, rove
- similar words:
- peregrinate, wander
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| related words: |
march, plod, stalk, stamp, track, trudge, walk |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a heavy tread, the act of walking with such a tread, or the sound made in so doing.
- synonyms:
- stomp
- similar words:
- plod, stride, trample, tread, trudging
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| definition 2: |
a long walk at a steady pace; march or hike.
- synonyms:
- hike, march
- similar words:
- trudge, walk
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| definition 3: |
one who travels on foot with no fixed destination, esp. one who lives by begging or doing odd jobs; vagabond.
- synonyms:
- bum, vagabond, vagrant
- similar words:
- derelict, hobo, itinerant, panhandler
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| definition 4: |
a person, esp. a woman, who is sexually promiscuous.
- synonyms:
- bimbo, hussy, slut
- similar words:
- harlot, hooker, prostitute, tart, trollop, whore
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| definition 5: |
a cargo ship with no fixed route or schedule; tramp steamer.
- synonyms:
- tramp steamer
- similar words:
- freighter
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| related words: |
beggar, crumb, mendicant, nomad, outing, transient, turn, vagrant |
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| derivation: |
tramper (n.) |
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