plural tramps
1
a
b
: a person who travels on foot
2
a
disparaging
: a woman who has multiple sexual partners : a woman who is sexually promiscuous
b
disparaging
: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : a woman who is a sex worker
3
: a walking trip : hike
4
: the succession of sounds made by the beating of feet on a surface (such as a road, pavement, or floor)
5
: an iron plate to protect the sole of a shoe
6
: a ship not making regular trips but taking cargo when and where it offers and to any port
called also tramp steamer
Examples of tramp in a Sentence
a tramp through the woods
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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Plus, the police are looking for a tramp (David Wilmot) who lives in the forest nearby, and may know something about what happened to her.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
More than half a century into his imposingly prolific, restlessly searching career as a songwriter, Springsteen has fulfilled the prophecy he was born into as a young tramp.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
More than half a century into his imposingly prolific, restlessly searching career as a songwriter, Springsteen has fulfilled the prophecy he was born into as a young tramp.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Tramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tramp. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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tramp
1 of 2 verb
ˈtramp 
senses 1 & 2 are also ˈträmp,
ˈtrȯmp
1
: to walk heavily
2
: to tread on forcibly and repeatedly
3
: to travel or wander through on foot
tramp the streets
tramper
noun
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