tramp

Noun
  1. A vagrant (synset 110742949)
    "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
    is a type of: clochard, drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    subtypes: dosser, street person - someone who sleeps in any convenient place
    same as: bum, hobo
  2. A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex (synset 110703158)
    is a type of: debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
    same as: swinger
  3. A foot traveler;
    Someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) (synset 110195742)
    is a type of: footer, pedestrian, walker - a person who travels by foot
    subtypes: backpacker, packer - a hiker who wears a backpack
    same as: hiker, tramper
  4. A heavy footfall (synset 107413160)
    "the tramp of military boots"
    is a type of: footfall, footstep, step - the sound of a step of someone walking
  5. A commercial steamer for hire;
    One having no regular schedule (synset 104476919)
    is a type of: steamer, steamship - a ship powered by one or more steam engines
    same as: tramp steamer
  6. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure (synset 100289814)
    "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"
    is a type of: walk - the act of walking somewhere
    subtypes: trudge - a long difficult walk
    same as: hike, hiking
Verb
  1. Travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition (synset 201924691)
    "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"
    referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
    is a type of: hike - walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise
  2. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud (synset 201925197)
    "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
    is a type of: walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
    subtypes: slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch, squish - walk through mud or mire
    same as: footslog, pad, plod, slog, trudge
  3. Cross on foot (synset 201885950)
    "We had to tramp the creeks"
    is a type of: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse - travel across or pass over
  4. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (synset 201885173)
    "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    same as: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, vagabond, wander
    verb group:
    • drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random
    • wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace

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