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[ treyps ] / treɪps / SEE SYNONYMS FOR traipse 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. Origin of traipseFirst recorded in 1585–95; earlier trapse, unexplained variant of trape, obscurely akin to tramp Words nearby traipsetrain sickness, train smash, train spotter, trainspotterish, train wreck, traipse, trait, traitor, traitorous, traitress, Trajan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for traipseBuy 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. The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Carrie Bradshaw in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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
verb(intr) to walk heavily or tiredly nouna long or tiring walk; trudge Word Origin for traipseC16: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to traipsetrudge, strut, plod, lumber, prance, roam, meander, amble, wander, stroll, traverse, march, parade, pace, hike, tour, promenade, stride, step, troop |