Tramp \Tramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tramped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tramping}.] [OE. trampen; akin to LG. trampen, G. trampeln, LG. & D. trappen, Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth. anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe steps, stairs. Cf. {Trap} a kind of rock, {Trape}, {Trip}, v. i., {Tread}.] 1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country. [Colloq.]
3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Tramp \Tramp\, v. i. To travel; to wander; to stroll.
Tramp \Tramp\, n. 1. A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp. --Blackie.
2. A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond. --Halliwell.
3. The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching. --Sir W. Scott.
4. A tool for trimming hedges.
5. A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.
Shakespeare, of course, did not write his play for felines, nor for a New York setting nor a transvestite tramp, played by Hurt.
In 1977, Charlie Chaplin, known to millions of fans around the world as the "little tramp," died in Switzerland at age 88.
One night, a young man beat her mercilessly, calling her a 'tramp'.
Then, Swinging London put everyone into shock, since the idea of London as 'fashionable' was as startling as a tramp announcing he was about to buy his clothes at Armani. It could not last, we thought, but it did.
The Walt Disney Co. has decided to stop selling a doll that depicts a street tramp after pressure from homeless activists.