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 ]

v. i. To travel; to wander; to stroll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trampled p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling ] [ OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, v. t. ] 1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matt. vii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tramples; one who treads down; as, a trampler on nature's law. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]