The meaning of Tramp

noun

A person who walks along a beach looking for valuable or interesting items.

Usage examples:

The beachcombers were able to gather and hide a rich harvest before the local magistrate learned of…

noun

A person who walks along beaches looking for objects of value or interest

Usage examples:

The area is popular with surfers and beachcombers., some beachcombers use metal detectors.

noun

A person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food.

Usage examples:

How many times have you been asked in the street for some money from a seemingly homeless person or…

verb

Reduce (someone) to poverty.

Usage examples:

Why should i beggar myself for you?

noun

A poor person who lives by asking others for money or food

verb

Walk with a heavy tread.

Usage examples:

She clomped down the steps

noun

The sound of a heavy tread.

Usage examples:

The clomp of booted feet

verb

To walk with heavy, loud steps

Usage examples:

Skiers were clomping around in their ski boots., she clomped down the stairs and out into the garde…

noun

A small group of trees or plants growing closely together.

Usage examples:

A clump of ferns

verb

Another term for clomp.

noun

A group, esp. of plants

Usage examples:

Small clumps of hardy grass had sprung up between the rocks., he clumped up the steps., [ t ] in ou…

adjective

Relating to an established set of principles governing a state.

Usage examples:

A constitutional amendment

noun

A walk taken regularly to maintain or restore good health.

Usage examples:

She went out for a constitutional

adjective

In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

Usage examples:

A derelict georgian mansion

noun

A person without a home, job, or property.

Usage examples:

Derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag

adjective

(of buildings or equipment) not cared for and in bad condition

adjective

Having no luck, no money, and no opportunities

Usage examples:

A down-and-out loser, nobody loves you when you're down and out., i was never a down-and-out, but i…

noun

A person who is continually moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job.

Usage examples:

Her songs are peopled with drifters, ramblers, old lovers.

noun

A person who moves from one place to another or from one job to another without any real purpose

noun

A young woman who has many casual sexual partners or who dresses or behaves in a sexually provocative way.

Usage examples:

He runs off with some floozy that's only interested in fame and money

noun

A woman who has a lot of sexual relationships, or who wears clothes that attract sexual attention in a way that is too obvious

noun

The sound of a footstep or footsteps.

Usage examples:

You will recognize his footfall on the stairs

noun

The number of people who go into a shop or business during a particular period of time

Usage examples:

A high/strong/weak footfall the machines are in good sites with high footfall such as motorway serv…

noun

A step taken by a person in walking, especially as heard by another person.

Usage examples:

He heard footsteps behind him

noun

The movement or sound of each step a person takes when walking

Usage examples:

We never saw anyone in the building, but sometimes we heard footsteps down the hall.

verb

Move in a clumsy, ponderous, or noisy manner.

Usage examples:

She galumphed along beside him

verb

To move in an awkward, heavy way

Usage examples:

A huge bearded man galumphed into the bar., this plant-eating dinosaur galumphed across southeaster…

noun

A long walk or walking tour.

Usage examples:

A five-mile hike across rough terrain

verb

Walk for a long distance, especially across country.

Usage examples:

They hiked across the moors

verb

To walk a long distance, esp. in the countryside

Usage examples:

We plan to hike from lake to lake., i’ve got to hike back to my car to get my jacket., dairies have…

noun

An insulting word for a woman who has had a lot of sexual partners

noun

A girl or woman who behaves in a disrespectful or inappropriate way or who has many casual sexual relationships.

Usage examples:

That brazen little hussy!

noun

A rude word for a woman or girl who is thought to have a lot of sexual partners

Usage examples:

"you asked him out? oh, you brazen/shameless hussy, you!"

noun

A rude word for a woman or girl who is thought to have a lot of sexual partners

Usage examples:

"you asked him out? oh, you brazen/shameless hussy, you!"

adjective

Travelling from place to place.

Usage examples:

Itinerant traders

noun

A person who travels from place to place.

Usage examples:

A party of itinerants travelling in around 24 vehicles arrived at the factory on sunday evening.

adjective

(of a person) traveling from one place to another, usually to work for a short period

Usage examples:

Itinerant farm workers

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

noun

Articles of furniture or other household items that are no longer useful and inconveniently take up storage space.

Usage examples:

A lumber room

verb

Burden (someone) with something unwanted.

Usage examples:

The banks do not want to be lumbered with a building that they cannot sell

verb

Walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread.

Usage examples:

Thousands marched behind the coffin

noun

An act or instance of marching.

Usage examples:

The relieving force was more than a day's march away

verb

(of a country, territory, or estate) have a common frontier with.

Usage examples:

His estate marches with yours

noun

A person who has been rejected or ostracized by their society or social group.

Usage examples:

She went from trusted pal to ostracized outcast overnight

adjective

(of a person) rejected or ostracized.

Usage examples:

They can be made to feel outcast and inadequate

noun

A person who is not accepted or has no place in society or in a particular group

Usage examples:

A social outcast

noun

A thick piece of soft material, typically used to protect or shape something, or to absorb liquid.

Usage examples:

A pad of cotton wool

verb

Fill or cover (something) with soft material in order to protect it or its contents, make it more comfortable, or give it a particular shape.

Usage examples:

The boxing gloves are padded with impact-resistant foam rubber

noun

The soft dull sound of steady steps.

Usage examples:

He heard the pad of feet

noun

An outcast.

Usage examples:

They were treated as social pariahs

noun

A person who is avoided or not accepted by a social group, esp. because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted; an outcast

Usage examples:

Because of its poor human rights record, the country was treated as a pariah by other nations.

verb

Walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps.

Usage examples:

We plodded back up the hill

noun

A slow, heavy walk.

Usage examples:

He settled down to a steady plod

verb

Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

verb

Walk for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing

noun

A walk taken for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

Based at 18 excellent country houses, they have a wide choice of walks from gentle rambles to adven…

verb

To walk for pleasure, esp. in the countryside

Usage examples:

I love to ramble through the woods., it was hard to listen to her ramble on and on about her vacati…

verb

Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area.

Usage examples:

Tigers once roamed over most of asia

noun

An aimless walk.

Usage examples:

Did you get to explore the city or have a roam around bath?

verb

To walk or travel without any real purpose or direction

Usage examples:

[ i ] our dog just likes to roam.

verb

Work hard over a period of time.

Usage examples:

They were slogging away to meet a deadline

noun

A spell of difficult, tiring work or travelling.

Usage examples:

It would be a hard slog back to the camp

verb

Move clumsily or with great effort.

Usage examples:

I sprauchled about with my bucket and spade

verb

Bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground.

Usage examples:

He stamped his foot in frustration

noun

An instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die.

Usage examples:

Hathaway used a variety of stamps to mark his tools.

verb

Walk heavily

noun

An act or movement of putting one leg in front of the other in walking or running.

Usage examples:

Ron took a step back

verb

Lift and set down one's foot or one foot after the other in order to walk somewhere or move to a new position.

Usage examples:

Claudia tried to step back

combining form

Denoting a relationship resulting from a remarriage.

Usage examples:

Stepmother

verb

Tread heavily and noisily, typically in order to show anger.

Usage examples:

Martin stomped off to the spare room

noun

(in jazz or popular music) a tune or song with a fast tempo and a heavy beat.

Usage examples:

Like aerosmith at its best, buckcherry has both the rhythmic sway to go with its rock-and-roll stom…

verb

Walk heavily

adjective

(of popular music) having a fast tempo and a heavy beat.

Usage examples:

I needed a really stomping guitar line

verb

Tread heavily and noisily, typically in order to show anger.

Usage examples:

Martin stomped off to the spare room

noun

A woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

Usage examples:

It's strumpets like you who are setting back the women's rights movement.

noun

A female prostitute

verb

Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall.

Usage examples:

Her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled

noun

An act of stumbling.

Usage examples:

He broke a bone in his foot in a stumble down an alpine pass

verb

Miss a step and fall or nearly fall

noun

The bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground after most of the trunk has fallen or been cut down.

Usage examples:

In addition the tree covered quite a large area which, once the stump has been ground out and the s…

verb

(of a question or problem) be too hard for; baffle.

Usage examples:

Education chiefs were stumped by some of the exam questions

noun

An open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling.

Usage examples:

An apple tart

verb

Dress or make oneself up in order to look attractive.

Usage examples:

I tarted myself up for the night

adjective

Sharp or acid in taste.

Usage examples:

A tart apple

noun

A loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.

Usage examples:

There was a crash of thunder

verb

Thunder sounds.

Usage examples:

It began to thunder

noun

The sudden, loud noise that comes after a flash of lightning

Usage examples:

A clap of thunder, the sky grew dark and it started to thunder., the horses thundered past (= moved…

verb

Walk or move wearily or reluctantly.

Usage examples:

Students had to traipse all over london to attend lectures

noun

A tedious or tiring journey on foot.

Usage examples:

But the japanese site looked so interesting, that i had a traipse around it.

verb

To walk from one place to another, often feeling tired or bored

Usage examples:

I spent the day traipsing around the shops, but found nothing suitable for her., more than 6 millio…

verb

Tread on and crush.

Usage examples:

The fence had been trampled down

noun

An act or the sound of trampling.

Usage examples:

Destruction's trample treads them down

verb

To step heavily on or crush someone or something

Usage examples:

[ t ] the commuter in a hurry tramples anyone who gets in the way., [ i ] fig. an employer cannot t…

noun

A person who is travelling or who often travels.

Usage examples:

Thousands of air travellers were left stranded

noun

A person who travels often, or who is travelling

Usage examples:

Air/rail travellers, business/independent/leisure travellers, business travellers make up just 20% …

verb

Walk in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Rosa trod as lightly as she could

noun

A person's manner of walking or the sound made as they walk.

Usage examples:

I heard the heavy tread of dad's boots

verb

Put down, place, or press the foot

noun

A long arduous journey, especially one made on foot.

Usage examples:

A trek to the south pole

verb

Go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot.

Usage examples:

We trekked through the jungle

verb

To walk a long way or with some difficulty

Usage examples:

Many people trekked for miles to reach safety., it’s a long trek from the railroad station to the s…

noun

A woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

Usage examples:

Ellen had pictured edward lying in ecstasy with a succession of nameless camp trollops, and part of…

noun

A woman who has had a lot of sexual relationships without any emotional involvement

Usage examples:

That woman's a real trollop. every time i see her she's with a different man.

verb

Walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.

Usage examples:

I trudged up the stairs

noun

A difficult or laborious walk.

Usage examples:

He began the long trudge back to stokenchurch street

verb

To walk slowly with a lot of effort, esp. on an uneven surface or while carrying something heavy

Usage examples:

We had to trudge through deep snow to get to school., twelve miles over rocks and hills is a long t…

noun

A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.

Usage examples:

Vagabond tales is loosely based around the adventures of a musical vagabond who travels around the …

adjective

Having no settled home.

Usage examples:

A vagabond poacher

verb

Wander about as or like a vagabond.

Usage examples:

He went vagabonding about the world

noun

A person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.

Usage examples:

When stern bought his first camera in 1948, he wandered around the bowery in chinatown, photographi…

adjective

Relating to or living the life of a vagrant.

Usage examples:

Vagrant beggars

noun

A person who has no home or job and who moves from place to place

verb

Move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once.

Usage examples:

I walked across the lawn

noun

(of a batsman) leave the field without waiting to be given out by the umpire.

Use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

verb

Walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way.

Usage examples:

I wandered through the narrow streets

noun

An act or instance of wandering.

Usage examples:

She'd go on wanders like that in her nightgown

verb

Move or cause to move in a sinuous or circular course

noun

A person who travels aimlessly; a traveller.

Usage examples:

He is a longtime seaman, a rootless wanderer

adjective

(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.

Usage examples:

Sheer wanton vandalism

noun

A sexually unrestrained woman.

Usage examples:

She'd behaved like a wanton

verb

Play; frolic.

Usage examples:

They sat gazing at the white-flecked pure blue sea and the various gulls that wantoned in the wake

verb

(often of soldiers) to walk quickly and energetically, usually while carrying a lot of equipment

Usage examples:

Energetic types can be out before breakfast and yomp about the hills until 10 a.m., the captain com…