Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
- 2intransitive verb
To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
- 3intransitive verb
To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
- 4intransitive verb
To travel; to wander; to stroll.
- 5noun
A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.
- 6noun
A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.
- 7noun
The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.
- 8noun
A tool for trimming hedges.
- 9noun
A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.
- 10noun
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
"she enjoys a hike in her spare time"
- 11noun
a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
- 12noun
a heavy footfall
"the tramp of military boots"
- 13noun
a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
- 14noun
a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
Synonyms
- 15noun
a disreputable vagrant
"a homeless tramp"
"he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
- 16verb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods"
"roving vagabonds"
- 17verb
cross on foot
"We had to tramp the creeks"
- 18verb
travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
"We went tramping about the state of Colorado"
- 19verb
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
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