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Etymology

Origin uncertain; apparently related to trape.

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Verb

to traipse (third-person singular simple present traipses, present participle traipsing, simple past and past participle traipsed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
    • 1728, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book III, ll. 140-4:
      Lo next two slipshod Muses traipse along, In lofty madness, meditating song, / With tresses staring from poetic dreams, / And never wash'd, but in Castalia’s streams [...].
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
      After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough.
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
    • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd:
      She only got handy the Union-house on Sunday morning 'a b'lieve, and 'tis supposed here and there that she had traipsed every step of the way from Melchester.

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Noun

traipse (plural traipses)

  1. A long or tiring walk.
    It was a long traipse uphill all the way home.

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Translations

long or tiring walk
  • Finnish: tarpominen fi(fi)

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[Vocabulary] She didn't traipse off

saramehr

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:23:26 GM

whats the meaning of this please 445 00:32:27338 --> 00:32:30966 How dare does she go . traipsing. off now? 446 00:32:31683 --> 00:32:33555 She didn't . traipse. off. whats the meaning of . traipse. off in those sentences please ...

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