/tɹæmp/
OriginFrom Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see trample) or from Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”). Doublet of tremp.
Cognate with Dutch trampen (“to stamp, kick, step”), dialectal German trampen (“to step, walk, tread”), whence commoner German trampeln (“to trample”). Probably related to trap.
- Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
“I was so happy on board that ship, I could not have believed it possible. We had the beastliest weather, and many discomforts; but the mere fact of its being a tramp-ship gave us many comforts; we cou”
“Then I think I conceive of other worlds and vast structures that pass us by, within a few miles, without the slightest desire to communicate, quite as tramp vessels pass many islands without particula”
“Some of these are regular ocean liners; others are casual tramp ships.”
- Australia, New-ZealandA long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
“I got in with the American Fur Company and set out for another tramp to trade with the Indians on the North and South Platte Rivers.”
“The starting place for the tramp is reached over a gravel road that begins on Route 3 about a mile south of Gorham spur.”
“Speaking of knockout panoramas, if you′re fit then consider doing the taxing, winding, 8km tramp up Mt Roy (1578m; five to six hours return), start 6km from Wanaka on Mt Aspiring Rd.”
- Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted.
“Your last delivery of copper ore contained half a hundredweight of tramp metal.”
- A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
- Shaking or juddering of a vehicle's driving axle under hard acceleration or braking, caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, and leading to reduction in tire traction.
- abbreviation, alt-of, clippingClipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.
- To walk with heavy footsteps.
- To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
“We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.”
- To hitchhike.
- transitiveTo tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
- transitiveTo travel or wander through.
- Scotland, transitiveTo cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
“Soak them [blankets, etc.], add to the water in which the linens were washed some soap, and also some of the preparation to produce a strong lather; rub or tramp them, then rinse and dry.”
- colloquial, intransitiveTo scram; begone.
“She hesitated, “be off—tramp, march,” he exclaimed, in a tone which the poor girl dared not disobey. She left the room, and Edward followed her to the door.”
“Tramp, my lad. Bundle out of this, please, hand over hand, and double quick.”
- intransitiveTo shake or judder under hard acceleration or braking, referring to the movement of a vehicle's driving axle caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, leading to reduction in tire traction.
Formstramps(plural) · tramps(present, singular, third-person) · tramping(participle, present) · tramped(participle, past) · tramped(past)