See Also: tramp(1)(dictionary)
tramp(2)(dictionary)
tramp(dictionary)
Tramp Steamer(money)
Lady and the Tramp(dictionary)
tramp 1, noun(dictionary)
tramp 2, verb(dictionary)

tramp(2) (iou)



tramp noun. [tramp] M17.
[from the verb.]
A person who travels from place to place on foot, in search of employment or as a vagrant or beggar. M17.
b. A promiscuous woman. slang (orig. US). E20.
J. Welcome You can usually tell..the nice girls from the tramps.
A journey on foot, esp. a long, tiring, or protracted one; a trudge; colloq. a long walk in rough country for recreation. L18.
on the tramp, on tramp on one's way from place to place on foot, esp. in search of employment or as a vagrant or beggar.
G. Stein Joyous, country tramps..over rolling hills and cornfields. P. Scott Sensible shoes she had not worn since she..last went for a tramp.
An act of tramping; a heavy or forcible tread, a stamp. E19.
Browning The reed Is crushed beneath its tramp.
b. More fully axle tramp. Alternate bouncing of wheels on the same axle. M20.
The sound of a heavy footfall, esp. of the measured and continuous tread of a body of people or animals. Also redupl. E19.
An iron plate worn to protect the sole of a boot in digging. Also, the part of a spade etc. pressed on by the foot in digging. E19.
a. In full ocean tramp, tramp steamer. A cargo vessel, esp. a steamship, taking available cargoes for any port instead of trading regularly between fixed ports. L19.
W. S. Maugham The skipper of a tramp from Shanghai.
b. An aircraft plying commercially according to demand. E20.
trampdom noun the world of tramps; tramps collectively: L19.
tramphood noun (rare) the state or condition of being a tramp M20.
trampish adjective of the nature or character of a tramp M19.