tramp

«tramp» in Mova's school dictionary: A person with no home or job who wanders from place to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tramp, tramps); verb (tramp, tramps, tramped, tramping)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person with no home or job who wanders from place to place (older word; now people say «homeless person»). tree →

2) To walk with heavy, loud steps. tree →

3) A long walk, especially in the countryside. tree →

4) (NZ) To hike in the bush or mountains: «tramping». tree →

5) (old-fashioned, rude, mainly US) An insulting word for a woman, used to say she has many boyfriends — avoid it. tree →

6) A ship that carries goods to any port, not on a fixed route (tramp steamer). tree →

sense in the lessons

In New Zealand «tramping» is the normal word for hiking, and «a tramp» is a hike on a track. In stories a tramp may be a poor wanderer, as in old films. «Tramping through mud» shows heavy walking. Phrases: «go tramping», «tramp through», «tramping track».

examples

• We tramped through the muddy field in our wellies. tree →
• In New Zealand we went tramping on the Tongariro track. tree →
• The boys tramped up the stairs. tree →
• An old tramp slept under the bridge in the story. tree →
• It was a long tramp to the top of the hill. tree →
• Kind people gave the tramp a hot meal. tree →
• (NZ) Our class went on a three-day tramp. tree →
• In the meantime Niels and the others tramped on towards Rome. tree →

note

Calling someone «a tramp» is unkind; today say «a homeless person» or «someone sleeping rough». The rude sense about women is insulting — do not use it. In NZ «tramping» = hiking; in Australia «bushwalking»; in the US «hiking».

In the corpora

• It is mid-December, nearly dark, and Rat and Mole are tramping home across frosty fields after a long day out with Otter.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tramp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.