tramp

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: trămp, IPA: /træmp/, SAMPA: /tr{mp/

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  Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology

Originally as verb, from Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”) 1388, from Middle Low German (compare Modern German trampen (“to hitchhike”)), from Proto-Germanic *tramp-; compare trap.

Noun sense “vagabond” as “one who tramps” from 1664. Sense of ship from c.1880, sense of promiscuous woman from 1922.

Noun

tramp (plural tramps)

1. (pejorative) A homeless person, a vagabond.
2. (pejorative) A disreputable woman.

   "I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp."

   "Claudia is such a tramp; making out with all those men when she has a boyfriend."

3. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
4. Short for trampoline, especially very small ones.
5. (New Zealand) (Australian) A long walk, generally of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.

Synonyms

• (homeless person): bum, hobo, vagabond
  • See also Wikisaurus:vagabond
• (disreputable woman): See also Wikisaurus:promiscuous woman
• (type of ship): see Wikipedia:tramp steamer
• (long walk): hike, ramble

Translations

a homeless person

Catalan: rodamón (ca) m. Danish: vagabund (da) Dutch: vagebond, landloper, zwerver, dakloze (nl) Esperanto: vagulo (eo) Finnish: kulkuri (fi) French: vagabond (fr) m., va-nu-pieds (fr) m. and f. German: Vagabund, Penner (vulg.), Landstreicher

Italian: vagabondo (it) m., barbone (it) m. Russian: бродяга (ru) (brod'ága) m. and f. Serbian: skitnica, klošar, lutalica, bezposličar Slovene: klošar (sl) m. Spanish: vagabundo (es) m. Swedish: lufsa (sv) Taos: tràmpi’ína

a promiscuous woman

Dutch: hoer (nl) m. and f., sloerie (nl) f. Finnish: lutka (fi), lunttu (fi) French: garce (fr) f., salope (fr) f., putain (fr) f., traînée (fr) f. German: Schlampe (de) f., Flittchen (de) n.

Greek: παλιογυναίκα (el) (palioghinéka) f. Italian: puttana (it) f., sgualdrina (it) f. Scottish Gaelic: sgliùrach f., luid f., reipseach f. Russian: шлюха (ru) f. Spanish: golfa (es) f., ramera (es) f., puta (es) f.

Verb

tramp (third-person singular simple present tramps, present participle tramping, simple past and past participle tramped)

1. To walk with heavy footsteps.
2. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).

   We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.

3. To hitchhike

Derived terms

• trample
• tromp

References

• tramp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Swedish

Noun

tramp n. and c.

1. a step, a footprint n.
2. (uncountable) the sound of feet (boots, shoes, hooves) walking n.

   först då blir lyckan riktigt stor, när trampet hörs av små, små skor

   at last your luck will be complete, when you hear the tripping of tiny shoes (traditional wedding congratulation telegram)

3. a tramp, a cargo ship without fixed routes c.

Declension

Declension of tramp 1, 2

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tramp	trampet	tramp	trampen
genitive	tramps	trampets	tramps	trampens

Declension of tramp 3

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tramp	trampen	trampar	tramparna
genitive	tramps	trampens	trampars	tramparnas

Related terms

• (steps, walking): stöveltramp, trampa
• (ship): trampfartyg