tramp
tramp /tr'æmp/ (tramps tramping tramped)
1 [N-COUNT]
A tramp is a person who has no home or job, and very little money. Tramps go from place to place, and get food or money by asking people or by doing casual work.
2 [VERB] V prep/adv, V n
If you tramp somewhere, you walk there slowly and with regular, heavy steps, for a long time.
They put on their coats and tramped through the falling snow...
She spent all day yesterday tramping the streets, gathering evidence.
= trudge
3 [N-UNCOUNT] usu N of n
The tramp of people is the sound of their heavy, regular walking.
He heard the slow, heavy tramp of feet on the stairs.
4 [N-COUNT]
If someone refers to a woman as a tramp, they are insulting her, because they think that she is immoral in her sexual behaviour. (mainly AM OFFENSIVE)
1 [N-COUNT]
A tramp is a person who has no home or job, and very little money. Tramps go from place to place, and get food or money by asking people or by doing casual work.
2 [VERB] V prep/adv, V n
If you tramp somewhere, you walk there slowly and with regular, heavy steps, for a long time.
They put on their coats and tramped through the falling snow...
She spent all day yesterday tramping the streets, gathering evidence.
= trudge
3 [N-UNCOUNT] usu N of n
The tramp of people is the sound of their heavy, regular walking.
He heard the slow, heavy tramp of feet on the stairs.
4 [N-COUNT]
If someone refers to a woman as a tramp, they are insulting her, because they think that she is immoral in her sexual behaviour. (mainly AM OFFENSIVE)