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noun

ˈtramp How to pronounce tramp (audio)
Definition of trampnext
1
as in hobo
a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living the police encouraged the tramps who were sleeping in the park to spend the bitterly cold night in the homeless shelter

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as in prostitute
disparaging a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman elders in the roaring twenties who labeled flappers degenerates and tramps

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tramp

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verb

ˈtramp How to pronounce tramp (audio)
1
as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily tramped wearily up the stairs after a long day at work

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2
as in to stomp
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure didn't mean to tramp your toes as I was running past you

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3
as in to stroll
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure we would have happily tramped through the forest for the rest of the day if it hadn't started to rain

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tramp

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adjective

as in vagabond

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Recent Examples of tramp
Noun
Told in a lingua franca of philosophy and academic jargon, Lucky’s speech has something to do with the collapse of reason and logic, and the futility of human progress, which is ultimately what tramps Estragon (Reeves) and Vladimir (Winter) are up against, too. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025 As historian Kelly Lytle Hernández writes, one thing that stood in the way of this vision was the figure of the tramp. — JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
Kate Moss has been photographed tramping around the same shire in muddy boots since the early 2000s. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 24 Dec. 2025 So kids and adults alike can take a quick bathroom break without having to tramp through the interior, getting back to the outdoor activities of the day without peeling off muddy boots or clothes. — New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Some Esperantists have embraced the tramp lifestyle full-time. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 When the schooner was just off the coast of El Salvador, a tramp steamer spotted them and finally supplied fresh water. — Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tramp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tramp
  1. hobo
  2. prostitute
  3. shuffle
  4. stomp
  5. stroll
  6. vagabond
  7. beggar
  8. hussy
Noun
  • Add a slouchy hobo bag and Western belt at the waist for the full effect.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The chocolate brown finish makes this hobo bag a fitting style for fall.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of hobo
Noun
  • They were all also alleged to have been prostitutes, though recent scholarship has challenged that assertion.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The meeting with the prostitute was supposed to happen near the Wheat Hill Mobile Home Community – a trailer park in East Palestine, Ohio.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of prostitute
Verb
  • Since Brian Schottenheimer lasted six years, from 2006 until 2011, the Jets have shuffled through 10 offensive coordinators (including Reich), and none lasted for more than two seasons.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The line shuffles forward quickly, and my heart knots in my chest as Heartfillers are dosed to each person up ahead.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffle
Verb
  • Their father, Jamie, always seemed to be around, smiling and shouting and stomping his feet.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Achord bounces on his toes like an impatient little kid watching his guys work, stomps his right foot on the ground and vaults his right arm forward to demonstrate how someone should return a kick.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of stomp
Verb
  • In 2018, the real-estate agent Glenn Rice was strolling on the beach and noticed the place.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Fairgoers strolling the grounds were also likely to run into House Speaker Lisa Demuth, who won the Republican primary for governor earlier this month and will face Klobuchar in November.
    — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of stroll
Adjective
  • To accompany a story on the 30th anniversary of Nabokov’s Lolita, Hockney was asked to visually capture the vagabond mood of the novel.
    — Mark Rozzo, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
  • Injuries help to explain the vagabond nature of Burdi's career.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Definition of vagabond
Noun
  • Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Antinous shocked even the other suitors by insulting and assaulting an elderly beggar; when the beggar revealed himself as Odysseus and slew the suitors, Antinous was the first to die.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
Definition of beggar
Noun
  • Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.
    — Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018
Definition of hussy

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“Tramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tramp. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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