Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To walk or tramp about; gad: traipsed from one picnic site to another.
- v. To walk or tramp over or about: traipsed the countryside, looking for work.
- n. A tiring walk.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See trapes.
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive, obsolete To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
- v. intransitive, colloquial To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
- v. transitive, colloquial To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
- n. A long or tiring walk.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. colloq. To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner.
WordNet 3.0
- v. walk or tramp about
Etymologies
- Origin uncertain; apparently related to trape. (Wiktionary)
- Perhaps ultimately from Old French trespasser, to trespass; see trespass. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I suggest Judge Jone's "traipse" comment didn't modify the interpretation of any law, did not make precedent and, therefore, did not "promote judicial legislation”
“Perhaps "traipse" is a signal that the judge intends to answer questions outside the law.”
“The 2006 edition of the American Heritage Dictionary uses a Random House Unabridged Dictionary, published in 2006, defines "traipse" as "to walk or go aimlessly or idly without finding or reaching one's goal.”
“Traipsing Into Evolution came when he complained about the definition we gave for the word "traipse" (a word Judge Jones used in his ruling) at the beginning of the book.”
“For the record, the definition of "traipse" hasn't changed.”
“To traipse through for-sale homes with a camera zooming in on every frown or wrinkled nose?”
The Washington Post: HGTV's 'House Hunters' hits highlights of Naomi Shelton's condo search in D.C.
“Still, watch the video above to see the undead traipse through the nation's capital, semi-scaring the natives and hanging out in front of a Dress Barn.”
The Washington Post: As promised, 'Walking Dead' zombies in D.C.
“Associated Press I'll return to one or more of these titles momentarily, but I decided to traipse over to Barnes & Noble to see how or even if Dr. Seuss books are selling these days.”
“Along the way several servants traipse around with big bellies, apparently made pregnant by the philandering Count who's taking the option of his droit de seigneur.”
““Today, the neighbors know not to move the body or traipse through the house before the cops arrive,” the modern reader thinks, but human nature is still the same.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘traipse’.
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henryar's list
marmoleum, menagerie, cyan, ochre, pilfer, discombobulate, loquacious, iridescent, amethyst, derelict, botulism, equilibrium and 240 more...
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movement (slow)
words describing slow action or movement
( open list, randomness, descriptive )
related:
http://www.wordnik.co...creep, crawl, plod, slouch, idle, lumber, tiptoe, bend, amble, mosey, saunter, loiter and 117 more...
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Perambulatory
let's move
dawdle, hie, lollop, promenade, stroll, amble, mosey, gallivant, waddle, galumph, traipse, galumph and 3 more...
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Origin Unknown
Words listed as "origin unknown."
spang, nincompoop, lollapalooza, jive, mosey, mull, lush, dog, swizzle, swizzle stick, wonk, hootchy-kootchy and 5 more...
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Phonestheme: TR-, the Long Walk
Grateful credit to http://reocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9783/phond1.html.
trudge, trot, trek, tread, tramp, trample, track, trip, tromp, traverse, traipse, travail
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Put your best pace forward
Locomotion, movement, mobility et al
jackrabbit start, frenetic pace, glacial pace, canter, traipse, mosey along, shuffle, trot, roaring start, slug-like, ploddingly, flit and 26 more...
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Verecund, flivver, etc
Just some words I happen to enjoy. Some thread-worn, some not.
yegg, yob, verecund, amatory, fermata, threepenny, gruntled, flivver, gamboge, decolletage, ordure, nudnik and 173 more...
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ChortleGiggleSnort
Significant Words- Guiding you on your path to Snazzibility
flimsy, feeble, ranting, ramble, narky, snazzy, yoghurt, bulbous, pustule, globulous, geranium, megalomaniac and 521 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (T)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
tabard, tadpole, taffeta, taffy, talisman, tallgrass, tam, tamarind, tamarack, tambourine, tango, tansy and 144 more...
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thekatespanos's list
pomposity, gaggle, scintilla, lemming, bilk, vanquish, conflate, plenary, verisimilitude, perspicacious, rattletrap, obdurate and 325 more...
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ktrey's wordlist
Words that I like.
Many may be lexicographically impotent due to a lack of citations and definition. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this eventually.velleity, dispositive, bloviate, bibulous, fungible, concupiscence, avuncular, carnaptious, thrawn, hypocoristic, diegesis, lagniappe and 928 more...
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liminal words
transformational, entryway words: thresh(hold), fresh relief
liminal, sill, threshold, aletheia, inscape, adit, introit, maze, pore, porism, portal, port and 114 more...
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Naresh_Gre
The path meanders through the vineyards
meander, labyrinth, Sinuous, gyrate, caron, awry, credo, banter, juxtaposition, argot, inexorable, foibles and 223 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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