traipse

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɹeɪps/, /t͡ʃɹeɪps/

Verb

traipse (traipses, present participle traipsing; 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.
3. (transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• trespass

Translations

• German: sich schleppen, sich voranschleppen

Translations

• French: crapahuter
• German: sich durch/ über etwas schleppen

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

• German: Gewaltmarsch

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