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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 floozie
disparaging
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman
elders in the roaring twenties who labeled flappers degenerates and tramps
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
tramped wearily up the stairs after a long day at work
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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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as in vagabond
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Recent Examples of tramp
Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2023
Docks depended on a circulating pool of male maritime workers—crews of seamen and stokers who manned the tramp steamers, gangs of longshoremen, and stevedores who loaded and unloaded goods, as well as artisans and machinists who maintained and repaired the ships and trains.
—Michael Denning, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2015
Jeremy McCarter, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Chappell Roan opens up about her debut album 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' and friendship with Rodrigo
The inspiration behind the title of Chappell Roan's debut album came from her own tramp stamp.
—Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Image Air raid alerts have regularly interrupted lessons for those attending school, sending children tramping through hallways to basements, often for hours.
—Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Probably not another tramp stamp but who knows.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2023
Docks depended on a circulating pool of male maritime workers—crews of seamen and stokers who manned the tramp steamers, gangs of longshoremen, and stevedores who loaded and unloaded goods, as well as artisans and machinists who maintained and repaired the ships and trains.
—Michael Denning, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2015
Verb
A little tramp in a battered bowler hat picks it up and starts waving it, trying to catch the driver’s attention.
—Jeremy McCarter, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Chappell Roan opens up about her debut album 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' and friendship with Rodrigo
The inspiration behind the title of Chappell Roan's debut album came from her own tramp stamp.
—Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
Adjective
Take Fido along for a day of tramping in the Bay Area hills.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Image Air raid alerts have regularly interrupted lessons for those attending school, sending children tramping through hallways to basements, often for hours.
—Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tramp
Noun
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On May 3, she was seen toting around the brand's slouchy black hobo bag with gunmetal hardware before switching to one of their smaller shoulder bags for a concert later that night.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
30 Aug. 2025
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Extra hooks allow the bag to transform into a trapezoidal hobo shape.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
19 Sep. 2024
Verb
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His terse sendoff denies Dexter the satisfaction of closure and forgiveness, shattering his former colleague’s world before shuffling off it.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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There’s constant cleaning, shuffling and mewling as staff and volunteers at the Papago Park Campus make sure the kittens are bottle-fed every four hours, 24 hours a day.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Many in Hollywood were dubious as to whether Universal and Amblin could reboot the Jurassic franchise for a third time, and birth a new trilogy more than three decades after Steven Spielberg’s dinos first stomped onto the big screen in 1993’s Jurassic Park.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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People expecting a state championship rematch between Benet and Marist in the Crimson Classic finals had those plans stomped upon Saturday when Lockport ended up surprising the Redwings 29-27, 18-25, 15-10 in the semifinals.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Then, as evening falls, stroll along the canals or watch the sun melt into Øresund’s horizon—tracing wind turbines spinning in silhouette.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Tight, achy shins can mess with your exercise routine…and whatever else is on your agenda, like strolling with your pup or climbing stairs.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The coaches are no different—and have been vagabond for longer.—
Max Olson,
The Athletic,
12 July 2024
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There are records of albatrosses spending decades living as vagabond singletons in the wrong hemisphere, Lees said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2021
Noun
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Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2021
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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
Verb
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Closer Bryan Abreu stumbled but has earned the benefit of the doubt with the dominance he’s displayed.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Exposure to harmful content is another risk as studies show that teens are more likely than adults to stumble upon self-harm imagery or extremist propaganda.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Tramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tramp. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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