tramp
[verb]
Synonyms:
- hike, footslog, march, ramble, roam, rove, slog, trek, walk
- trudge, plod, stump, toil, traipse (informal)
[noun]
Synonyms:
- vagrant, derelict, down-and-out, drifter
- hike, march, ramble, slog, trek
- tread, footfall, footstep, stamp

---

Related Words: march, thud, footslog, stodge, trudge, stamp, stomp, ramble, saunter, stroll, walk, traipse

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. tramp¹ /træmp/ noun [countable]

1. someone who has no home or job and moves from place to place, often asking for food or money

2. a long or difficult walk:
a long tramp through the snow

3. especially American English old-fashioned a woman who has too many sexual partners – used to show disapproval

4. the tramp of feet/boots the sound of heavy walking:
the steady tramp of soldiers’ feet

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. tramp² verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Middle Low German; Origin: trampen 'to stamp']
to walk somewhere slowly and with heavy steps:
He tramped the streets looking for work.
tramp through/across/around etc
The walk involved tramping through mud.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲