TRAMP
What does "TRAMP" mean?
A person who travels from place to place on foot with no settled home or work.
Meanings
- A homeless wanderer who travels on foot, often begging or doing odd jobs. An old tramp slept under the railway bridge with his whole life in one bag.
- To walk heavily or steadily, especially over a long distance. We tramped across the moor for hours before the inn came into view.
- The sound of heavy, regular footsteps. She heard the tramp of soldiers' boots long before she saw them.
- A cargo ship that takes work wherever it can find it rather than running a fixed route. He signed on to a rusty tramp steamer bound for nowhere in particular. technical
Word origin
From Middle English 'trampen', to walk or stamp heavily, of Germanic origin (related to Middle Low German 'trampen'); the 'vagabond' noun arose in the 17th century from the verb.
Remember it
TRAMP packs RAMP inside it - picture a wanderer trudging up a long ramp on foot.
A little poem
Boots that own no door,
the road his only landlord -
rent paid in cold miles.
haiku
What it teaches
A life without a fixed address is not the same as a life without direction.
Quick facts
What does TRAMP mean?
A person who travels from place to place on foot with no settled home or work.
Is TRAMP a valid word?
Yes — TRAMP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRAMP?
TRAMP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRAMP come from?
From Middle English 'trampen', to walk or stamp heavily, of Germanic origin (related to Middle Low German 'trampen'); the 'vagabond' noun arose in the 17th century from the verb.
What can TRAMP teach us?
A life without a fixed address is not the same as a life without direction.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.