Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
trapes. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
trapes, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
trapes in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
trapes you have here. The definition of the word
trapes will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
trapes, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology 1
Obscure, as is common among colloquialisms. OED mentions possible association with Dutch trappen, to tread or stamp the foot, but objects that the connection is unconvincing.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
trapes (third-person singular simple present trapeses, present participle trapesing, simple past and past participle trapesed)
- Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
Noun
trapes (plural trapeses)
- Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
Etymology 2
See trape.
Noun
trapes
- (seldom in use since about WWII, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
1662, [Samuel Butler], “”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. , London: John Martyn and Henry Herringman, , published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:He found the sullen trapes / Possest with th' devil, worms, and claps.
1715, John Gay, The What D'ye Call It:From door to door I'd sooner whine and beg, / Than marry such a trapes.
1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: J and R Tonson , published 1741, →OCLC:Since full each other station of renown, / Who would not be the greatest trapes in town?
Anagrams
- Paster, Pearts, paster, paters, petars, prates, pretas, repast, repats, retaps, tapers, treaps
Catalan
Noun
trapes
- plural of trapa
Franco-Provençal
Noun
trapes
- plural of trapa
Spanish
Noun
trapes m pl
- plural of trape