traipse
verb (used without object)
to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal.
traipsing
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present participleof traipse.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It means a traipsing into NFL-land, where you look at your TV in mid-January and wonder what on God’s green earth the Carolina Panthers are doing on the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
As the first ray of sun hit on an unexpectedly frosty August morning, a few hundred just-graduated Ukrainian paratroopers were traipsing across a corn and rapeseed field, preparing for their first jump.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The kind of bowl you crave after traipsing home through slushy streets with cold fingers.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
Youngsters making the transition to the seniors go left, to their own dressing room, saving them from traipsing across from the academy building on the other side of the complex for training.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
