tramp
English
/tɹæmp/
noun
Definitions
- (sometimes) A homeless person; a vagabond.
- (pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
- Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published port of ports of call.
- (Australia) A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
- especially a very small one.
- in apposition Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted
- A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English trampen (walk heavily) derived from Middle Low German trampen (stamp) derived from Middle Dutch trampen (stamp) derived from *trampan (step) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dr-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dr-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betrample English
- supertramp English
- tramper English
- trampish English
- trampishly English
- trample English
- trampler English
- tramplest English
- trampleth English
- tramplike English
- trampy English
- Getrampel German
- Trampelpfad German
- Trampeltier German
- Tramper German
- trampeln German
- trampen German
- zertrampeln German
- trampolo Italian
- *dr- Proto-Indo-European
- trampe Norwegian Bokmål
- tramp Swedish
- tramp Polish
- trampe Norwegian Nynorsk
- trampen Middle English
- trample Middle English
- trampfart Danish
- trampen Middle Dutch
- *trampen Middle High German
- trampeln Middle High German
- *trampan gmw-pro
- trampen Middle Low German
- *trampan Old Saxon
- tràmpi’ína Taos