trampoose

English

Alternative forms

• trampouse

Etymology

See tramp, trample, and traipse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹæmˈpuːz/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Verb

trampoose (third-person singular simple present trampooses, present participle trampoosing, simple past and past participle trampoosed)

1. (US, slang, dated) To walk laboriously or heavily.
   • 1837, Asa Greene, A Glance at New York:

     "you don't think I'd trampoose about from poll to poll, for nothin, do you?"

References

• “trampoose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.