tramping

tramping is the present participle and gerund of tramp.

Noun

tramping (countable and uncountable, plural trampings)

The act or sound of one who tramps, or walks heavily.
- Now we was in the lean-to, and heard trampings close by outside. So we crept to the door, and Tom stopped us there and put his eye to the crack, but couldn't make out nothing, it was so dark1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC
(Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport; hiking

tramp (third-person singular simple present tramps, present participle tramping, simple past and past participle tramped)

To walk with heavy footsteps.
To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
- We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.
To hitchhike.
(transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
(transitive) To travel or wander through.
- to tramp the country
(Scotland, transitive) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
- Soak them [blankets, etc.], add to the water in which the linens were washed some soap, and also some of the preparation to produce a strong lather; rub or tramp them, then rinse and dry.1842, Catherine Esther Beecher, A Treatise on Domestic Economy

plural	trampings

What does tramping mean?: Tramping means the act or sound of one who tramps, or walks heavily.
What is tramping the present participle and gerund of?: Tramping is the present participle and gerund of tramp.
What part of speech is tramping?: Tramping is a noun.
What is the plural of tramping?: The plural of tramping is trampings.

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