traipse

or trapes

[ treyps ]

/ treɪps /

Informal.

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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.

Words nearby traipse

trainman, trainmaster, trainshed, trainsick, trainspotterish, traipse, trait, traitor, traitorous, traitress, trajan

Origin of traipse

1585–95; earlier trapse, unexplained variant of trape, obscurely akin to tramp

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Examples from the Web for traipse

Buy a pair of these and traipse around a big city center or off road through the Icelandic countryside.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Anthony Bourdain in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
Jeffrey Campbell ‘Lita’ Bootie is The World’s Ugliest Shoe|Misty White Sidell|April 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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

"Or why she consents to traipse all over the country with you," laughed Ted.
Ted Strong in Montana|Edward C. Taylor
She called me up twice yesterday to see they needed it, as if I had nothin' to do but traipse aroun' after her.
Mary Rose of Mifflin|Frances R. Sterrett
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
I don't mean she's got enough to traipse round with duchesses and earls and that sort, but she's got enough.
By the Light of the Soul|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for traipse

traipse

trapes

informal

verb

(intr) to walk heavily or tiredly

noun

a long or tiring walk; trudge

Word Origin for traipse

C16: of unknown origin

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traipse

or trapes

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

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

noun

Words related to traipse

Words nearby traipse

Origin of traipse

Examples from the Web for traipse

British Dictionary definitions for traipse

trapes

verb

noun

Word Origin for traipse