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Added 9 October 2026

tramp

/ˈtɹæmp/ noun

In Latin: planus, errō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tramp at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A vagrant.
a homeless tramp
A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex.
A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure).

verb

Travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition.
We went tramping about the state of Colorado
Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
Cross on foot.
We had to tramp the creeks

Origin

From 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.

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