tramp

tramp is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
2. intransitive verb. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
3. intransitive verb. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
4. intransitive verb. To travel; to wander; to stroll.
5. noun. A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.
6. noun. A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.
7. noun. The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.
8. noun. A tool for trimming hedges.
9. noun. A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.
10. noun. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

    "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"

    Synonyms: hike, hiking

11. noun. a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
12. noun. a heavy footfall

    "the tramp of military boots"

13. noun. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

    Synonyms: hiker, tramper

14. noun. a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

    Synonyms: swinger

15. noun. a disreputable vagrant

    "a homeless tramp"

    "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

    Synonyms: bum, hobo

16. verb. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

    "The gypsies roamed the woods"

    "roving vagabonds"

    Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, vagabond, wander

17. verb. cross on foot

    "We had to tramp the creeks"

18. verb. travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition

    "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"

19. verb. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

    "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

    Synonyms: footslog, pad, plod, slog, trudge

Synonyms

hike, hiking, hiker, tramper, swinger, bum, hobo, cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, vagabond, wander, footslog, pad, plod, slog, trudge

Common word forms

tramps, tramped, tramper, tramping

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