If someone calls you a tramp, they either mean you're a slut or a hobo — each meaning comes vagrant, or wanderer, and the low-life behaviors associated with vagrants.

1. vagrant, bum (informal), derelict, drifter, down-and-out, hobo (chiefly U.S.), vagabond, bag lady (chiefly U.S.), dosser (Brit. slang) an old tramp who slept rough in our neighbourhood

Tramp is derived from a Middle English verb meaning to "walk with heavy footsteps" (cf. modern English trample) and "to go hiking". In Britain, the term was widely used to refer to vagrants in the early …

tramp noun (WALK) [ U ] a long walk, or the sound of people all walking together with heavy steps:

A tramp is a person who has no home or job, and very little money. Tramps go from place to place, and get food or money by asking people or by doing casual work.

Definition of tramp noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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