English

Alternative forms

• trapes

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
   • 1728, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book III, ll. 140-4:

     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. (transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (walk about): gad, travel, walk
• (walk about or over (a place)): cover, travel, traverse

Translations

Noun

traipse ‎(plural traipses)

1. A long or tiring walk.

   It was a long traipse uphill all the way home.

Synonyms

• (long or tiring walk): hike, trek

Translations

Anagrams

• parties, pastier, piaster, piastre, pirates, praties, raspite, tapiser