to walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
motion verb (walking, flying, swimming, etc.)
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tramping
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The children tramp to the playground.
While some tramps may do odd jobs from time to time, unlike other temporarily ...
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to march; tramp (3 of 281 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
An instance of footslogging. | [intransitive] to walk heavily over a long distance or in a weary manner; to trudge (19 of 67 words, 2 definitions, 5 usage examples)
[intransitive] : (especially of a soldier) walk or march for a long distance, typically wearily or with effort | a long and exhausting walk or march. (25 of 41 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
to march or tramp through mud (6 of 20 words, pronunciation)
To walk, march, or trudge, especially over a long distance. (10 of 19 words, pronunciation)
to go on foot through or as if through mud. (10 of 17 words, pronunciation)
to march or plod through or as through mud (9 of 16 words, pronunciation)
may mean: Maarten Tromp (1598-1653), Dutch admiral | Cornelis Tromp (1629-1691), Dutch admiral, son of Maarten | Hr.Ms. Tromp, several ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy named after the admirals | Henricus Tromp (1878-1962), Dutch rower | Tromp, a... (35 of 117 words, 9 definitions)
to walk taking slow steps, as if your feet are heavy (11 of 43 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciations)
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to work slowly and continuously, but without imagination, enthusiasm or interest (11 of 66 words, 3 usage examples, pronunciations)
to walk with slow heavy steps (6 of 47 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
in anatomy, terminal part of the leg of a land vertebrate, on which the creature stands. In most two-footed and many four-footed animals, the foot ... (25 of 385 words, 7 images)
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in verse, the smallest metrical unit of measurement. The prevailing kind and number of feet, revealed by scansion, determines the metre of a poem. In ... (25 of 283 words, 1 image)
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in measurement, any of numerous ancient, medieval, and modern linear measures based on the length of the human foot and used exclusively in ... (23 of 89 words)
horny epidermal casing at the end of the digits of an ungulate (hoofed) mammal. In the even-toed ungulates, such as swine, deer, and cattle, the hoof ... (26 of 44 words)
to march, tramp, or trudge on foot, especially over difficult ground such as thick mud (15 of 45 words, pronunciation)
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Origin: While some tramps may do odd jobs from time to time, unlike other temporarily homeless people they do not seek out regular work and support themselves by other means such as begging or scavenging (see Waste picker). This is in contrast to: bum, a ... (44 of 228 etymology words)
First use: late 14th century
Origin: "walk heavily, stamp", from Middle Low German trampen "to stamp", from Proto-Germanic *tramp- (compare Danish trampe, Swedish ... (20 of 85 etymology words)
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First use: 1892
Origin: variant of "tramp"; mainly American English
Origin: Originally as verb, from Middle English trampen ("to walk heavily") 1388, from Middle Low German (compare Modern German trampen ("to hitchhike")), from Proto-Germanic *tramp-; compare trap.
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Origin: 1892, variant of tramp. | French trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Compare trump, a trumpet.
Origin: Middle English trampen from or akin to Low German trampen, to trample from nasalized form of the base in "trap"
First use: 14th century
Origin: probably from Middle Low German trampen; compare Gothic ana-trimpan to press heavily upon, German trampen to hitchhike
Origin: late Middle English (as a verb): probably of Low German origin. The noun dates from the mid 17th century
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First use: late 19th cent
Origin: alteration of "tramp"
Origin: Middle English trampen, to walk heavily, from Middle Low German.
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Origin: Variant of "tramp".
First use: 14th century
Origin: Middle English; akin to Middle Low German trampen to stamp
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First use: 1846
Origin: by alteration
First use: 14th century
Origin: Middle Low German trampen "to stamp"
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First use: Late 19th century
Origin: Alteration of tramp
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