traipse

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word traipse. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word traipse, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say traipse in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word traipse you have here. The definition of the word traipse will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftraipse, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

WOTD – 14 November 2009

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
    • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. , Dublin, London: A. Dodd, →OCLC, lines 140-144:
      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. (intransitive, colloquial) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount.
    While you were traipsing round Africa, I had to take care of mum and dad!
    So after all that work, I traipsed down to the shop to grab something to eat.
  4. (transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort
    • 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.
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly.

Synonyms

Translations

Noun

traipse (plural traipses)

  1. A long or tiring walk.
    It was a long traipse uphill all the way home.
  2. A meandering walk.
    • 2021, Neal Stephenson, Termination Shock:
      it was an easy traipse down the rocky slope

Synonyms

Translations

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia