tramp

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Ye are wind blowing this way and that They were so busy defending themselves to themselves against that charge that they said no more until sleep fell on them; and at dawn Ranjoor Singh took hold of us again and made us drill until our feet burned on the gravel and our ears were full of the tramp--tramp--tramp, and the ek--do--tin of manual exercise Listen!"

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  1. intransitive verb To walk with a firm, heavy step; trudge.
  2. intransitive verb To travel on foot; hike.
  3. intransitive verb To wander about aimlessly.
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  • What set him apart from every other tramp was the pleasant aroma that always surrounded him. —  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  • In her mind Eden knew she wasn't a whore or a tramp, although there were those who would accuse her of that kind of behavior if they somehow managed to guess her turbulent thoughts. —  Honorbound
  • Ye are wind blowing this way and that They were so busy defending themselves to themselves against that charge that they said no more until sleep fell on them; and at dawn Ranjoor Singh took hold of us again and made us drill until our feet burned on the gravel and our ears were full of the tramp--tramp--tramp, and the ek--do--tin of manual exercise Listen!" —  Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders
  • "Do you suppose I'm such an idiot as not to be able to tell whether a tramp is a tramp, or whether he's Frederick Trottcville? —  The Mystery of the Missing Man
  • "Look at that." —  The White Rose
 

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clatter ·  tread ·  thud ·  march ·  beggar ·  vagabond ·  rumble ·  footstep ·  shout ·  scrape ·  gallop ·  patter
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English trampen, to walk heavily, from Middle Low German.

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  1. from Middle English trampen =Middle Low German Low German trampen (Middle High German freq. trampeln, later G. trampeln) =Swedish Norwegian trampa =Danish trampe, tramp, stamp, tread, trample, a secondary verb, from a strong verb seen in Gothic (Moesogothic) anatrimpan, tread upon (press upon); perhaps ult. akin to trap, D. G. trappen, tread: see trap, trap.
  2. from tramp, v.
 

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