tramp
/ˈtɹæmp/ verb C2- To walk with heavy footsteps.
- To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain). · We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.
- To hitchhike.
- To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
- To travel or wander through. · to tramp the country
- To scram; begone.
- To shake or judder under hard acceleration or braking, referring to the movement of a vehicle's driving axle caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, leading to reduction in tire traction.
He/she/it tramps · Past tramped · Past participle tramped · -ing form tramping
Verb forms
- Base form
- tramp
- He/she/it
- tramps
- Past
- tramped
- Past participle
- tramped
- -ing form
- tramping
From the library
“You see,” said the Cowardly Lion, with a whimper, “I haven’t the courage to keep tramping forever, without getting anywhere at all.”
With people tramping in to town.
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
All the wicked shadows coming, tramp, tramp, tramp,
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