From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [trămp] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from [en] ([gml], see [en]) or from [en], from [en]. [en].
Cognate with [nl], dialectal [de], whence commoner [de]. Probably related to
[en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] A homeless person; a vagabond . [from 1664] [1]
2. * [page=382]
3. [en] A disreputable , promiscuous woman; a slut . [from 1922]
4. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call . [from 1880]
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1888 | author=w:Robert Louis Stevenson | title= Basa Sunda: The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson Volume 2 | section= Basa Sunda: The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson Volume 2/Chapter IX
|passage=I was so happy on board that ship, I could not have believed it
possible. We had the beastliest weather, and many discomforts; but the mere
fact of its being a TRAMP-ship gave us many comforts; we could cut about with
the men and officers, stay in the wheel-house, discuss all manner of things,
and really be a little at sea.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1919 | author=Charles Fort | title=s:The Book of the Damned | section= Basa Sunda: The Book of the Damned/Chapter 10
|passage=Then I think I conceive of other worlds and vast structures that pass
us by, within a few miles, without the slightest desire to communicate, quite
as TRAMP vessels pass many islands without particularizing one from another.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1924 | author=George Sutherland | title= Basa Sunda: Texas Transport Terminal Company v. New Orleans/Dissent Brandeis
|passage=Some of these are regular ocean liners; others are casual TRAMP
ships.}}
1. * [en]
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1960 | author=w:Lobsang Rampa | title=s:The Rampa Story | section= Basa Sunda: The Rampa Story/Chapter Six
|passage=“Hrrumph,” said the Mate. “Get into uniform right away, we must have
discipline here.” With that he stalked off as if he were First Mate on one of
the Queens instead of just on a dirty, rusty old TRAMP ship.}}
1. [en] A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
2. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1968 | author=John W. Allen | title=It Happened in Southern Illinois | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CB64JHyHII0C&pg=PA75&dq=%22tramp%22%7C%22tramps%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HcCXUJuMD6SyiQecmoG4Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22tramp%22%7C%22tramps%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false | page=75
|passage=The starting place for the TRAMP is reached over a gravel road that
begins on Route 3 about a mile south of Gorham spur.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2005 | author=Paul Smitz | title=Australia & New Zealand on a Shoestring | publisher=Lonely Planet | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6oV6VfIH4qYC&pg=PA734&dq=%22tramp%22%7C%22tramps%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HbWXUPWvOMWcmQWjgoHoAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22tramp%22%7C%22tramps%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false | page=734
|passage=Speaking of knockout panoramas, if you′re fit then consider doing the
taxing, winding, 8km TRAMP up MT ROY (1578m; five to six hours return), start
6km from Wanaka on Mt Aspiring Rd.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2006 | author=Marc Llewellyn; Lee Mylne | title=Frommer′s Australia from $60 a Day | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1fJoPZ4d3m4C&pg=PA186&dq=%22tramp%22%7C%22tramps%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HbWXUPWvOMWcmQWjgoHoAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22tramp%22%7C%22tramps%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false | page=186
|passage=The 1½-hour TRAMP passes through banksia, gum, and wattle forests,
with spectacular views of peaks and valleys.}}
1. [in apposition] Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted.
2. * [en]
3. A metal plate worn by digger s under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe .
4. Shaking or juddering of a vehicle 's driving axle under hard acceleration or braking , caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, and leading to reduction in tire traction .
***** Derived terms
{{col3 |en|saddle tramp |tramp ant |tramp art |tramp chair |tramp data |tramp
stamp |tramp steamer |tramp trade|ocean tramp|railroad tramp|tramp iron|tramp
juice|tramp-pick }}
***** Translations
[homeless person]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] [vulgar] , [de] , [de]
- Greek:
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Talysh: [tly]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Taos: [twf]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[promiscuous woman]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Persian: [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt] [pejorative] , [pt] [vulgar] , [pt] [pejorative] , [pt] [pejorative]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd] , [gd]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[long, wandering walk]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
***** Further reading
- [ship] [tramp steamer]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To walk with heavy footsteps .
2. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
3. To hitchhike .
4. [en] To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
5. [en] To travel or wander through.
6. [en] To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
7. * [en]
8. [en] To scram ; begone .
9. * [en]
10. * [chapter=Silver’s Embassy]
11. [en] To shake or judder under hard acceleration or braking , referring to the movement of a vehicle 's driving axle caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, leading to reduction in tire traction .
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[to walk with heavy footstep]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Russian: [ru] , [trample] [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to walk for a long time through difficult terrain]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to hitchhike]
*** Etymology 2
[en] (ultimately related to the verb via [de]).
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] .
*** References
References:
[1]. [R:Online Etymology Dictionary]
- [R:Webster 1913]
[en]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Polish
[lang=pl]
*** Etymology
[pl] [pl].
*** Pronunciation
[a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-tramp.wav]
*** Noun
[m-pr]
1. [pl] [en] , vagabond [homeless person]
**** Declension
[nomp=trampowie/trampy (deprecative)]
**** Derived terms
[pl]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. tramp steamer [commercial steamship that has no regular schedule or published ports of call]
**** Declension
[gens=trampa]
**** Derived terms
[pl]
**** Related terms
[pl] [pl]
*** Further reading
- [R:pl:WSJP]
- [R:pl:PWN]
[pl]
** Swedish
*** Etymology 1
Borrowed from [sv], from [sv], from [sv].
**** Noun
[n]
1. a [en] ((sound of) a (heavy) step)
2. [sv] tramping ((sound of) (heavy) steps)
***** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-n-zero]
***** Related terms
- [sv] , [sv]
*** Etymology 2
Borrowed from [sv].
**** Noun
[c]
1. a [en] , a cargo ship without fixed routes
***** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-ar]
***** Related terms
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]