Meaning

• A wandering homeless person, especially one illegally travelling by rail or a penniless, unemployed bum.

• Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.

• A kind of large handbag.

Meaning

• (perhaps pejorative) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.

  "Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life."