tramp

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tramp/tramp/

▶verb

• 1 walk noisily.

• 2 walk wearily over a long distance.

▶noun

• 1 an itinerant homeless person who lives by begging or doing casual work.

• 2 the sound of heavy steps.

• 3 a long walk.

• 4 a cargo vessel running between many different ports rather than sailing a fixed route.

• 5 informal, chiefly N. Amer. a promiscuous woman.

• 6 a metal plate protecting the sole of a boot used for digging.

– derivatives
tramper noun,
trampish adjective,
trampy adjective.

– origin ME: prob. of Low Ger. origin.