1. (v. i.) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

2. (v. i.) To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.

3. (v. i.) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

4. (v. i.) To travel; to wander; to stroll.

5. (n.) A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.

6. (n.) A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.

7. (n.) The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.

8. (n.) A tool for trimming hedges.

9. (n.) A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.

Arab Bowery bum airing alien amble backpack baggage bat around beach bum beachcomber beggar beggarly fellow blighter bo budmash bum bummer cadger caitiff case character chug on constitutional count ties crackpot crank defile derelict devil divagate dogie down-and-out down-and-outer drift drifter drunkard eccentric fanatic file file off flit floater footfall footslog footstep forced march gad gad about gallivant gamin gamine go about go on parade go the rounds good-for-naught good-for-nothing goose-step guttersnipe gypsy hermit hike hit the road hit the trail hobo homeless waif human wreck hussy idler jade jaunt jezebel jog on knock about knock around kook landloper lazzarone loafer lone wolf loner losel lowlife lumber march mauvais sujet maverick mean wretch meander mendicant mendicant friar mendicant order meshuggenah mooch moocher mucker mudlark mush natural no-good nomadize nonconformist nut odd fellow oddball oddity original outsider panhandler parade pariah pauvre diable peg peregrinate pererrate peripatetic journey peripateticism piker pilgarlic plod plod along plug plug along poor creature poor devil promenade prowl queer duck queer fish queer specimen ragamuffin ragman ragpicker ramble range rara avis roam rounder rove rover rub on run about sad case sad sack saunter schlep schnorrer screwball scrounger ski bum skid-row bum slattern slog slut solitary stamp step stiff stodge stomp straggle stray street Arab street arab street urchin stretch stroll strumpet stump sundowner surf bum swagman swagsman tatterdemalion tennis bum thud traipse tramper trample tread trek truant trudge turn turnpiker type urchin vag vagabond vagabondize vagrant vaurien waif waifs and strays walk walk the tracks walkabout walking tour wander wastrel wayfare worthless fellow wretch zealot