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Traipse

//tɹeɪps// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A long or tiring walk.

    "It was a long traipse uphill all the way home."

  2. 2
    A meandering walk.

    "it was an easy traipse down the rocky slope"

Verb
  1. 1
    To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt. intransitive

    "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. 2
    walk or tramp about wordnet
  3. 3
    To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. colloquial, intransitive

    "After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough."

  4. 4
    To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount. colloquial, intransitive

    "While you were traipsing round Africa, I had to take care of mum and dad!"

  5. 5
    To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort colloquial, transitive

    "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."

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  1. 6
    to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly. colloquial, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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