How to use tramp in a sentence. To tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step. Tramp is derived from a middle english verb meaning to walk with heavy footsteps (cf
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Modern english trample) and to go hiking
In britain, the term was widely used to refer to vagrants in the early victorian period.
/ træmp / (us also tromp) to walk, especially long distances or with heavy steps To tramp through the woods / undergrowth (intr) to walk long and far To walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place)
(intr) to wander about as a vagabond or tramp A tramp is a person who has no home or job, and very little money Tramps go from place to place, and get food or money by asking people or by doing casual work. Tramp, n.¹ meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the oxford english dictionary
