tramp
n 1: a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to
help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: {hobo}, {bum}]
2: a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex [syn: {swinger}]
3: a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for
pleasure) [syn: {hiker}, {tramper}]
4: a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots"
5: a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular
schedule [syn: {tramp steamer}]
6: a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure [syn: {hike}]
v 1: travel on on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We
went tramping about the state of Colorado"
2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: {slog},
{footslog}, {plod}, {trudge}, {pad}]
3: cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"
4: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from
one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
[syn: {roll}, {wander}, {swan}, {stray}, {roam}, {cast}, {ramble},
{rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0