TRAMPING Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

tramping

verb

present participle of tramp

as in shuffling

to move heavily or clumsily tramped wearily up the stairs after a long day at work

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as in stomping

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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as in strolling

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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Recent Examples of tramping Imagine The Goonies with a half dozen adults tramping through the caves. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

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Verb

The space suddenly swells with agents, assistants, clients and others shuffling through for lunch.

— Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Not much else changed in Class 5A, besides Azle and Arlington Seguin shuffling down two spots with Week 2 losses.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of shuffling

Verb

The clip then pans to a warm fire, and someone, presumably Meghan, stomping in rain boots in the mud.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 13 Sep. 2026
Andersen in particular has struggled with such an aggressive role, where recovery pace and stomping channel defending are required to keep the shape.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomping

Verb

Ian informs the sisters that Kylie isn’t merely stumbling into arcane rituals; someone is drawing her to the dark side.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
Unlike other festivals, where audiences can be more forgiving, stumbling out of the gate at Venice can prove impossible for a contender to recover from.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of stumbling

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Its ability to withstand stamping is important because battery components often need to be shaped into complex forms after the coating is applied.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Sy — whose own fingers are bruised from stamping metal at a factory on the overnight shift — estimates that 90% of those who arrived with him are working now.

— Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of stamping

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They must be addressed in a hardheaded and balanced way, not as Mayor Johnson insists by simply hiking taxes on businesses and the wealthy.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, the housing market has been largely frozen since the COVID-era boom ended in 2022, when the Federal Reserve embarked on an aggressive rate-hiking campaign to rein in inflation.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of hiking

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Diamondbacks reliever Juan Morillo (4-4) struck out three in a row after walking the first batter of the ninth.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Timber returned from an ongoing groin issue at the weekend against Sunderland, only to be followed by White walking off gingerly in back-to-back games.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of walking

Verb

That uncanny feeling of wandering through left-behind cities has made for its own niche tourist appeal, and natural elements that overtake these towns in the absence of human residents add another layer of intrigue.

— Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026
Marietta police have charged the 22-year-old caregiver of a 3-year-old boy found wandering alone on a road on Monday afternoon.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

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