tramps in English

noun

1

a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar.

In this category fall some of the adaptive activities of psychotics, autists, pariahs, outcasts, vagrants, vagabonds, tramps , chronic drunkards and drug addicts.

synonyms: vagrant, vagabond, street person, hobo, homeless person, down-and-out, traveler, drifter, derelict, beggar, mendicant, bag lady, bum

2

the sound of heavy steps, typically of several people.

the tramp of marching feet

synonyms: footstep, tromp, step, footfall, tread, stamp, stomp

3

a long walk, typically a tiring one.

they start off on a tramp from Roxbury to New York

4

a cargo vessel that carries goods among many different ports rather than sailing a fixed route.

a tramp steamer

5

a promiscuous woman.

She is nothing more than a tramp that sleeps around.

6

a metal plate protecting the sole of a boot.

verb

1

walk heavily or noisily.

he tramped around the room

noun

vagrant, vagabond, street person, hobo, homeless person, down-and-out, traveler, drifter, derelict, beggar, mendicant, bag lady, bum
footstep, tromp, step, footfall, tread, stamp, stomp
hiker, tramper
bum, hobo
hiking, hike
swinger
tramp steamer

verb

trudge, drift, pad
trudge, tromp, plod, galumph, stamp, trample, lumber, clump, clomp, stump, stomp, trek, slog, schlep, drag oneself, walk, hike, march, traipse
drift, stray, roam, cast, swan, roll, ramble, wander, range, rove, vagabond
pad, trudge, plod, slog, footslog

Use "tramps" in a sentence

1. Tramps and drunk teamsters.

2. It don't apply to tramps like you.

3. Don't pamper scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps.

4. Do you all want to be seen as tramps?

5. Hoboes, Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West

6. Don't pamper damp scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps.

7. 7 In paris tramps often doss down under the bridges.

8. Those invigorating tramps across the springy heather merely whetted my appetite for more.

9. To take a fundamental question about vagrancy: Why do tramps exist at all?

10. The Almshouse also gave temporary shelter to vagrants, which at that time were called tramps

11. Argot (plural Argots) A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds

12. Synonyms for Bindlestiffs include homeless, beggars, derelicts, down-and-outs, drifters, itinerants, migrants, tramps, transients and vagabonds

13. Variously called Bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, hoboes, and bums, these men—and women and children—were vital to the creation of the West and its economy

14. In Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West , the award-winning historian Mark Wyman beautifully captures the lives of these workers

15. Up to 4% cash back  · Variously called Bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, hoboes, and bums, these men--and women and children--were vital to the creation of the West and its economy

16. The men, women, and children variously called Bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, bums, and hoboes were vital to the creation of the West and its economy, yet their history has been largely untold

17. As nouns the difference between Argot and cant is that Argot is a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds while cant is (countable) an Argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup or cant can be (obsolete) corner, niche

18. Hoboes, Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West is a history book, a detailed account of the agricultural development of the West, post-Civil War and early 19th century, and the factors that brought this vast, for the most part deserted territory under the plow.