Word a Day
tramp
What does tramp mean?
tramp (verb): travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use tramp in a sentence?
- We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce tramp?
/tɹæmp/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does tramp come from?
From Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see trample) or from Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
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travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
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