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tramping |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tramping adj : walking with a heavy tread; "little boys playing in the dust heedless of the trampling feet everywhere about them" [syn: {trampling}]
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