tramp — a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant
Pronunciation (IPA): /træmp/
Example Sentences
- The pizza delivery guy tramped up three flights of stairs, only to find out the customer had moved last month.
- My grandfather used to tell stories about meeting friendly tramps during the Great Depression.
- The hiking boots were perfect for tramping through the forest, but terrible for sneaking past sleeping bears.
tramp
NOUN[/træmp/]
a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant
a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant
The tramp lights his lamp at camp
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
Tramp derives from Middle English trampen, originating from Germanic roots meaning 'to tread heavily' or 'to walk with heavy steps'. The word evolved from its literal sense of heavy footfalls to develop metaphorical meanings, including 'vagrant' or 'vagabond' by the 14th century.
Breakdown
Middle English trampen (to tread heavily) from Germanic root *tramp- (to step, to tramp), which underwent semantic shift from the physical action of heavy walking to denote both the manner of walking and a person who walks from place to place as a vagrant.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The pizza delivery guy tramped up three flights of stairs, only to find out the customer had moved last month.”
“My grandfather used to tell stories about meeting friendly tramps during the Great Depression.”
“The hiking boots were perfect for tramping through the forest, but terrible for sneaking past sleeping bears.”
“We could hear the tramp of marching band from blocks away.”
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