Dictionary

traipse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɹeɪps/
• (Southern-England) audio
• [t͡ʃɹeɪps]
• [tɹeɪps]

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Synonyms

trek (long or tiring walk) · hike (long or tiring walk)

Translations (3)

de Gewaltmarsch (long or tiring walk) · fi tarpominen (long or tiring walk) · pl wędrówka (long or tiring walk)

traipse en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /tɹeɪps/
• (Southern-England) audio
• [t͡ʃɹeɪps]
• [tɹeɪps]

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
   • 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 [...]. 1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, lines 140-144:
2. (colloquial, intransitive) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
   • After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
   • ... if I was you, babylove, I wouldn't go traipsin [sic] over there. 1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:
3. (colloquial, intransitive) 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. (colloquial, transitive) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort
   • 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. 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd:
5. (colloquial, transitive) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly.

Forms

Deriveds

traipser

Relateds

trespass

Synonyms

walk (walk about) · travel (walk about) · cover (walk about or over (a place)) · traverse (walk about or over (a place)) · gad (walk about) · travel (walk about or over (a place))

Translations (19)

pl wlec się (intransitive: to walk about) · fi tarpoa (intransitive: to walk about) · cs táhnout se (intransitive: to walk about) · de sich durch/ über etwas schleppen (transitive: to walk about or over) · cmn 閒逛 /闲逛 (intransitive: to walk about) · it girovagare (intransitive: to walk about) · bg влача се (intransitive: to walk about) · fr crapahuter (transitive: to walk about or over) · bg мъкна се (intransitive: to walk about) · cs vláčet se (intransitive: to walk about) · cs potloukat se (transitive: to walk about or over) · fi tarpoa (transitive: to walk about or over) · fi rämpiä (intransitive: to walk about) · cs motat se (transitive: to walk about or over) · bg мотая се (transitive: to walk about or over) · de sich voranschleppen (intransitive: to walk about) · pl włóczyć się (transitive: to walk about or over) · cs vléct se (intransitive: to walk about) · de sich schleppen (intransitive: to walk about)