Tramp - Definition

n 1: a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to
help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: tramp, hobo,
bum]
2: a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex [syn:
swinger, tramp]
3: a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for
pleasure) [syn: hiker, tramp, tramper]
4: a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots"
5: a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
[syn: tramp steamer, tramp]
6: a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a
hike in her spare time" [syn: hike, hiking, tramp]
v 1: travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We
went tramping about the state of Colorado"
2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: slog,
footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp]
3: cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"
4: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam
across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the
next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
rove, range, drift, vagabond]