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to tramp

to tramp

17 5.5
To walk with heavy steps, often over rough ground
  • verb
  • /træmp/
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  • But if we're going to spend the day tramping around reading old gravestones, I'm turning in now.

And so we tramped daily through the woods, feeling for once in the world.

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Examples

  • The day had been brilliantly hot as we tramped about the ruins of nearby Corinth.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • We tramped in the hills, slept in the sun, and walked alone at night under the stars.

  • We turn the corner and tramp up the block back toward Philidance.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • And so we tramped daily through the woods, feeling for once in the world.

  • On the final day of the season, I tramped through miles of woods behind that young dog.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • As soon as he got out, he was back tramping the countryside... preaching nonviolence and demanding a free India.

  • Miss Willerton, her coat buttoned unevenly, tramped up Broad Street and into the supermarket.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • We tramped across the mountains for hours, feeling the strain in our legs.

  • After the rain, we tramped through the muddy trails, careful not to slip.

  • During the hike, they tramped through the thick underbrush, making their way to the waterfall.

Synonyms

to walk
vsto tramp
1.0

To move on foot at a normal speed

is heavier and often longer, with more effort and rough ground focus
to tread
vsto tramp
93 3.0

To step on something with your foot, often pressing down

is more general, covering ordinary stepping rather than heavy travel
to trudge
vsto tramp
21 5.5

To walk slowly with heavy steps because you are tired

is more about heavy, sometimes long travel rather than only tired slow walking
to pound
vsto tramp
11 3.1

To walk with heavy noisy steps that make a loud sound

is about heavy travel and effort rather than forceful repeated impact
to pad
vsto tramp
10 6.4

To walk with heavy, steady steps, often when tired

is similar but usually implies steadiness rather than loudness or long distance
to tromp
vsto tramp
8 6.3

To walk with heavy noisy steps that make loud sounds

is used for heavy walking that may not always be loud or crushing
to hoof it
vsto tramp
  • Informal
7 8.8

Walk somewhere instead of going by car or bus

focuses more on heavy steps, long distance, and effort rather than mere walking
to clomp
vsto tramp
4 7.5

To walk with heavy, noisy steps that make a loud sound

is similar but more focused on loud sound than distance or length
to plod
vsto tramp
4 5.5

To walk slowly with heavy steps because you are tired

emphasizes dull steady pace rather than long rough travel
to stump
vsto tramp
2 5.9

To walk with heavy noisy steps that show effort or anger

is often used for sudden heavy movement rather than prolonged travel
to clump
vsto tramp
2 4.9

To walk with heavy, clumsy, noisy steps

is broader, stressing long or rough travel rather than mere clumsiness
to slog
vsto tramp
1 5.3

To walk slowly with heavy steps, often through mud or when tired

is broader, covering heavy travel often without emphasizing very slow pace
to tramp across
vsto tramp
1 5.4

To walk with heavy steps across a large area

is similar but not limited to purposeful crossing of large areas
to footslog
vsto tramp
8.7

To walk slowly and with effort over long or difficult ground

is used more for heavy walking without stressing long, continuous distance

Antonyms

89 2.9

To move smoothly and without effort through the air or over a surface

Phrasal Verbs

To walk with heavy steps across a large area

To walk for a long time through the woods, often slowly and with effort

To make soil or grass flat by walking on it hard many times

Compounds

tramp stamp
  • Offensive
2 8.6

A tattoo on the lower back that many people find suggestive

tramp steamer
  • Archaic
1 8.6

A cargo ship that sails without a fixed route, carrying goods when available

1 9.6

A person who travels from place to place on horseback without a fixed home

How Heavily

to stomp
144 2.9
to tramp
17 5.5
to trudge
21 5.5
to walk
1.0
to stroll
122 1.8
to tiptoe
44 3.1

Surface Forms

tramp infinitive
tramped past
tramped past participle
tramping present participle
tramps third person singular

Etymology

Tramp likely comes from an old German word or from the sound of heavy feet, and it is the same idea you see in trample, which means 'to stamp'. So to tramp is to walk with heavy, hard steps.