TRAMP

I. verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Low German ~en to stamp Date: 14th century intransitive verb to walk, tread, or step especially heavily , 2. to travel about on foot ; hike , to journey as a ~, transitive verb to tread on forcibly and repeatedly, to travel or wander through or over on foot , ~er noun II. noun Date: 1790 1. vagrant 1a, a foot traveler, a woman of loose morals, a walking trip ; hike , the succession of sounds made by the beating of feet on a surface (as a road, pavement, or floor), an iron plate to protect the sole of a shoe, a ship not making regular trips but taking cargo when and where it offers and to any port, ~y adjective III. adjective Date: 1873 having no fixed abode, connection, or destination