1 (also hobo) [C] a person with no home or job who travels from place to place, usually asking people in the street for food or money
2 [sing.] the ~ of sb/sth the sound of sb's heavy steps:
the tramp of marching feet
3 [C,usually sing.] a long walk:
We had a long tramp home.
4 (old-fashioned, AmE, disapproving) a woman who has many sexual partners
verb (also AmE informal tromp) to walk with heavy or noisy steps, especially for a long time:
[V] We tramped across the wet grass to look at the statue. * the sound of tramping feet * [VN] She's been tramping the streets looking for a job.
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