(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a person who has no home or job, and very little money. Tramps go from place to place, and get food or money by asking people or by doing casual work.
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2.
If you ~ somewhere, you walk there slowly and with regular, heavy steps, for a long time.
They put on their coats and ~ed through the falling snow...
She spent all day yesterday ~ing the streets, gathering evidence.
= trudge
VERB: V prep/adv, V n
3.
The ~ of people is the sound of their heavy, regular walking.
He heard the slow, heavy ~ of feet on the stairs.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
4.
If someone refers to a woman as a ~, they are insulting her, because they think that she is immoral in her sexual behaviour. (mainly AM OFFENSIVE)
N-COUNT disapproval