tramp
/ˈtɹæmp/ noun B2- The act of walking with heavy steps.
- A homeless person; a vagabond.
- A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut. · Claudia is such a tramp; making out with all those men when she has a boyfriend.
- Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
- Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted.
- A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
- Shaking or juddering of a vehicle's driving axle under hard acceleration or braking, caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, and leading to reduction in tire traction.
Plural tramps
From the library
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
All the wicked shadows coming, tramp, tramp, tramp,
Here there was nothing of this; Anne knew that outside of her window was a hard street, with a network of telephone wires shutting out the sky, the tramp of alien feet, and a thousand lights gleaming on stranger faces.
Other turnkeys came, and then was heard the regular tramp of soldiers.
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