I. tramp 1 /træmp/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . someone who has no home or job and moves from place to place, often asking for food or money
2 . a long or difficult walk:
a long tramp through the snow
3 . especially American English old-fashioned a woman who has too many sexual partners – used to show disapproval
4 . the tramp of feet/boots the sound of heavy walking:
the steady tramp of soldiers’ feet
II. tramp 2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Low German ; Origin: trampen 'to stamp' ]
to walk somewhere slowly and with heavy steps:
He tramped the streets looking for work.
tramp through/across/around etc
The walk involved tramping through mud.