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Plural of tramp

regular plural

The plural of tramp is tramps.

Forms of tramp

Singulartramp /ˈtɹæmp/
Pluraltramps /tɹæmps/
Countablecountable

Tramps in a sentence

  • Shipping of every sort, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions.1950 July, J. C. Mertens, “By the "Taurus Express" to Baghdad”, in Railway Magazine, page 435
  • Well you'd better think of something because middle-aged tramps aren't cute, they're pathetic.2005, In Her Shoes. From the entry pathetic
  • The tramps scarpered, the street-traders pushing prams scarpered, half of Dublin scarpered as if they all had something to hide.1998, Ardal O’Hanlon, chapter 1, in The Talk of the Town, London: Sceptre, published 1999, →ISBN, page 7. From the entry scarper
  • Beattie is a sundown town for tramps since the fire.1946 August 8, J. D. Stosz, “Jay Dee's Column”, in The Marysville Advocate, Marysville, Kansas, via Newspapers.com, page 11. From the entry sundown town
  • It has been urged, "You are unpracticable; you want a world of tramps--how are you going to live?"1913, Stephen Graham, A Tramp's Sketches. From the entry unpracticable

Meaning of tramp

  1. noun The act of walking with heavy steps.
  2. noun A homeless person; a vagabond.
  3. noun A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.

Full definition of tramp

Questions about the plural of tramp

What is the plural of tramp?
The plural of tramp is tramps.
Is tramp countable?
Tramp is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tramp (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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