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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To walk or tramp about; gad: traipsed from one picnic site to another.
  2. v. To walk or tramp over or about: traipsed the countryside, looking for work.
  3. n. A tiring walk.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. See trapes.

Wiktionary

  1. v. intransitive, obsolete To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
  2. v. intransitive, colloquial To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
  3. v. transitive, colloquial To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
  4. n. A long or tiring walk.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. colloq. To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. walk or tramp about

Etymologies

  1. Origin uncertain; apparently related to trape. (Wiktionary)
  2. Perhaps ultimately from Old French trespasser, to trespass; see trespass. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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