Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tramp \Tramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tramped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tramping}.] [OE. trampen; akin to LG. trampen, G. trampeln,
   LG. & D. trappen, Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth.
   anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe
   steps, stairs. Cf. {Trap} a kind of rock, {Trape}, {Trip}, v.
   i., {Tread}.]
   1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

   2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
      [Colloq.]

   3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
      [Scot.] --Jamieson.

Tramp \Tramp\, v. i.
   To travel; to wander; to stroll.

Tramp \Tramp\, n.
   1. A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long
      tramp. --Blackie.

   2. A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for
      a vagrant or wandering vagabond. --Halliwell.

   3. The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in
      marching. --Sir W. Scott.

   4. A tool for trimming hedges.

   5. A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or
      the shoe, when digging with a spade.

Source : WordNet®

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}]

tramp
     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}]