tramp

[[t]træmp[/t]]

v. i.

1) to tread or walk with a firm, heavy step

2) to tread heavily or trample (usu. fol. by on or upon)

3) to walk steadily; march; trudge

4) to go on a walking excursion; hike

5) to go about as a vagabond or tramp

6) to make a voyage on a tramp steamer

7) to walk heavily or steadily through or over

8) to traverse on foot:

to tramp the streets[/ex]

9) to tread or trample underfoot:

to tramp grapes[/ex]

10) to travel over as a tramp

11) the act of tramping

12) a firm, heavy, resounding tread

13) the sound made by such a tread

14) a long, steady walk; trudge; hike

15) a person who travels about on foot, esp. a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food

16) sex a sexually promiscuous woman

17) naut. navig. a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire

18) clo a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe

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Etymology: 1350–1400; ME: to stamp, prob. < MLG trampen to tramp, tread; akin to Go anatrimpan to crowd tramp′ish, adj.