Traipse Definition

trāps
traipsed, traipses, traipsing
verb
traipsed, traipses, traipsing
To walk, wander, tramp, or gad.
Webster's New World
To walk or tramp over or about.
Traipsed the countryside, looking for work.
American Heritage

(intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
The act of traipsing.
Webster's New World
A tiring walk.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Traipse

Noun

Singular:
traipse
Plural:
traipses

Origin of Traipse

  • Perhaps ultimately from Old French trespasser to trespass trespass

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin from the French for 'pass over or beyond'; apparently related to trape.

    From Wiktionary

Traipse Sentence Examples

  • I had managed to traipse around the airport twice before I managed to find immigration.

  • There 's simply no need to traipse the streets looking for somewhere to carry on the party it 's all under one roof !

  • There 's no need to traipse around different shops and arrange deliveries and fittings.

  • And, no, we don't mean traipse through the house with slush covered boots.

  • But why go to so much trouble when you can traipse down the road to your local flower shop, or order them in?

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

ESEPSE

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