n.

1. a disreputable vagrant;
   hobo, bum
   
   • a homeless tramp
   • he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
2. a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex;
   swinger
3. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure);
   hiker, tramper
4. a heavy footfall
   
   • the tramp of military boots
5. a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule;
   tramp steamer
6. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure;
   hike, hiking
   
   • she enjoys a hike in her spare time

v.

1. travel 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;
   slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad
   
   • Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
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;
   roll, wander, swan, stray, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
   
   • 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