traipse

[ treyps ]

See synonyms for: traipse traipsing on Thesaurus.com

verb (used without object),traipsed, traips·ing.

to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.

verb (used with object),traipsed, traips·ing.

to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields.

noun

a tiring walk.

Origin of traipse

First recorded in 1585–95; earlier trapse, unexplained variant of trape, of disputed origin; perhaps obscurely akin to tramp

Older Spelling, trapes .

Words Nearby traipse

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How to use traipse in a sentence

Buy a pair of these and traipse around a big city center or off road through the Icelandic countryside.
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Get your own tailored tuxedo blazer to traipse around town in.
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Its massive platform gives city dwellers the opportunity to traipse around with relatively painless added height.
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We imagine the cadre of Hollywood starlets who like to traipse about commando would be severely handicapped in this event.
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And what's more, you just don't need to traipse along another step with me now.
Bob Hampton of Placer | Randall Parrish

Goodness knows where you may have dropped it, and if you think I'm going to traipse back you're much mistaken.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl | Angela Brazil
She was a young forty, yet somehow hardly young enough to traipse houseless after him wherever his whim might lead him.
The Tower of Oblivion | Oliver Onions
Women, whose age it is impossible to tell, trail and traipse in front of alleys within which loom greasy, black staircases.
Nooks and Corners of Old Paris | Georges Cain
“More as two months ve traipse all ofer,” volunteered the latter.
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British Dictionary definitions for traipse

traipse

verb

(intr) to walk heavily or tiredly

noun

a long or tiring walk; trudge

Origin of traipse

C16: of unknown origin

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