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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 prostitute
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
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.
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JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
Over time, tramping feet, shedding pets, and spilled drinks can take a heavy toll on our hard-working carpets.
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Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
11 Oct. 2025
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.
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Michael Waters,
New Yorker,
3 Jan. 2026
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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.
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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.
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JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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.
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New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
Over time, tramping feet, shedding pets, and spilled drinks can take a heavy toll on our hard-working carpets.
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Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Some Esperantists have embraced the tramp lifestyle full-time.
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tramp
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Per usual with movies like this, spelling out the terror (the roots are in hobo codes and religious legend) becomes, regrettably, a shock absorber, not a facilitator.
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Schneider plays David, a reticent young man with the soulful-hobo air of a Beat poet, who makes a living as an events photographer but whose private passion is a secretive lifelong project, inherited from his father, documenting the changing Parisian suburbs.
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The slur, which literally means male prostitute in Spanish, could be heard at the Azteca stadium toward the end of the first half when Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar took a goal kick.
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Pol learns the ropes alongside fellow stripper Noel (Daniel Fernando) and savvy prostitute Bambi (Jaclyn Jose), discovering an underbelly of protection rackets, human trafficking and rampant political corruption.
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The company has since shuffled several leaders, including naming a new human resources chief and the company’s first chief digital officer.
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The assistant shuffled to one side and the scene reset.
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Now city officials are being asked to stomp the gas pedal on an ordinance that could speed the demise of some of downtown’s stateliest buildings — ones that help define its character, such as the old train station on Church Street, the Kress building and the Angebilt Hotel.
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On Monday night, a 39-year-old man wearing a Spurs jersey was stomped and punched after Game 3 while walking down West 47th Street, about 15 blocks from the arena.
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Zermatt is compact, scenic, and blissfully free of traffic noise, so strolling between cafes, shops, and trailheads is half the fun.
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Strait strolled out on stage, drawing cheers.
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To accompany a story on the 30th anniversary of Nabokov’s Lolita, Hockney was asked to visually capture the vagabond mood of the novel.
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Injuries help to explain the vagabond nature of Burdi's career.
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.
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So disguised as a beggar, Odysseus shows up at his palace, and he is not treated very nicely by the suitors who have camped out in his house.
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Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
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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.
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“Tramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tramp. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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