'Tramping' definitions:
Definition of 'Tramping'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tramping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambling,
- ambulation,
- backpacking,
- footing,
- footing it,
- footwork,
- going on foot,
- hiking,
- hitchhiking,
- hitching,
- hoofing,
- legwork,
- lumbering,
- marching,
- pedestrianism,
- perambulation,
- sauntering,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- thumbing,
- thumbing a ride,
- toddling,
- tottering,
- treading,
- trudging,
- waddling,
- walking