Tramp vs. Tamp

A tramp is a long-term homeless person who travels from place to place as a vagrant, traditionally walking all year round.

A tamp is a device used to compact or flatten an aggregate or another powdered or granular material, typically to make it resistant to further compression or simply to increase its density.

walk heavily or noisily

To pack down tightly by a succession of blows or taps.

a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar.

To pack clay, sand, or dirt into (a drill hole) above an explosive.

the sound of heavy steps

(blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.

a long walk, typically a tiring one

To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes

a cargo vessel that carries goods between many different ports rather than sailing a fixed route

(transitive) To reduce the intensity of.

a woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

a metal plate protecting the sole of a boot used for digging.

To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

To walk with a firm, heavy step; trudge.

a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

To travel on foot; hike.

press down tightly;

To wander about aimlessly.

To traverse on foot

To tread down; trample

A heavy footfall.

The sound produced by heavy walking or marching.

A walking trip; a hike.

One who travels aimlessly about on foot, doing odd jobs or begging for a living; a vagrant.

A prostitute.

A person regarded as promiscuous.

(Nautical) A tramp steamer.

A metal plate attached to the sole of a shoe for protection, as when spading ground.

A homeless person; a vagabond.

(pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.

Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.

A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.

clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.

Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted

A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.

To walk with heavy footsteps.

To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).

To hitchhike.

(transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

(transitive) To travel or wander through.

To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.

To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

To travel; to wander; to stroll.

A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.

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

The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.

A tool for trimming hedges.

A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.

a disreputable vagrant;

a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

a heavy footfall;

a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

travel on on foot, especially on a walking expedition;

walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;

cross on foot;

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;