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Tramp

//tɹæmp//

Definitions

nountramps

1
A homeless person; a vagabond.
[S]he had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
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2
A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp.
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3
Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.

verbtramps · tramping · 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.
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Word 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-...

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