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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#m1)

2) To walk with heavy, loud steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#m2)

3) A long walk, especially in the countryside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#m3)

4) (NZ) To hike in the bush or mountains: «tramping». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#m4)

5) (old-fashioned, rude, mainly US) An insulting word for a woman, used to say she has many boyfriends — avoid it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#m5)

6) A ship that carries goods to any port, not on a fixed route (tramp steamer). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#m6)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#x1)
- In New Zealand we went tramping on the Tongariro track. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#x2)
- The boys tramped up the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#x3)
- An old tramp slept under the bridge in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#x4)
- It was a long tramp to the top of the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#x5)
- Kind people gave the tramp a hot meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#x6)
- (NZ) Our class went on a three-day tramp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#x7)
- In the meantime Niels and the others tramped on towards Rome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tramp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.