traipsing

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

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  • This is what we were searching for in Pioneer Square traipsing around on Saturday nights. —  RVABlogs
  • So the thought of traipsing around all bundled up in sweaters and coats really isn't upon me yet. —  Fashion World of SL
  • But I'm getting excited about that traipsing that will soon be here. —  Fashion World of SL
  • The uniformed kids in the video are probably reservists with banking jobs by now, but traipsing through the rubble of Gaza .. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • Even without a killer traipsing around the island, this party would be in trouble. —  PopMatters
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