Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense traipses, present participle traipsing, past tense, past participle traipsed
1. verb
If you traipse somewhere, you go there unwillingly, often because you are tired or unhappy.
If traipsing around shops does not appeal to you, perhaps using a catalogue will. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Joyce traipsed from one doctor to another, praying that someone would listen. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: trudge, trail, tramp, slouch More Synonyms of traipse
2. verb
If you talk about people traipsing somewhere, you mean that they are going there or moving about there in a way that annoys someone or gets in their way.
[disapproval]
You will have to get used to a lot of people traipsing in and out of your home. [VERB preposition/adverb]
She doesn't want security men traipsing round with her every minute of the day. [VERB preposition/adverb]
More Synonyms of traipse
traipse in British English
or trapes (treɪps) informal
verb
1. (intransitive)
to walk heavily or tiredly
noun
2.
a long or tiring walk; trudge
Word origin
C16: of unknown origin
traipse in American English
(treɪps)
Informal, Dialectal
verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: traipsed or ˈtraipsing
1.
to walk, wander, tramp, or gad
noun
2.
the act of traipsing
Word origin
earlier trapse, prob. < or akin to Fris trapsen, to walk aimlessly, with storklike gait, intens. of *trappen; akin to MDu, to tread, stamp, OE treppan: see trap1
Examples of 'traipse' in a sentence
traipse
I am too weak to traipse all the way there myself or I'd come with you.
Edward Docx THE CALLIGRAPHER (2003)
Wrapped in a towel, dripping water onto the sea-grass, I traipse to the kitchen and switch on the kettle.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2003)
"The police traipse through the house, the reporters destroy the gardens.
Lisa Scottoline RUNNING FROM THE LAW (2003)
(verb)
Definition
to walk heavily or tiredly
I traipsed from one doctor to another.
Synonyms
trudge
We had to trudge up the track back to the station.
trail
I spent a long afternoon trailing behind him.
tramp
They put on their coats and tramped through the fallen snow.
slouch
drag yourself
footslog
(noun)
Definition
a long or tiring walk
It's rather a long traipse from here. Let's take a bus.
Synonyms
trudge
We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.
trek
It's a bit of a trek, but it's worth it.
tramp
He had just come from a day-long tramp on some wild moor.
slog
a slog through heather and bracken
long walk
Additional synonyms
in the sense of slog
Definition
a long and difficult walk
a slog through heather and bracken
Synonyms
trudge,
tramp,
trek,
hike,
traipse (informal),
yomp,
footslog
in the sense of trail
Definition
to move wearily or slowly
I spent a long afternoon trailing behind him.
Synonyms
lag,
follow,
drift,
wander,
linger,
trudge,
fall behind,
plod,
meander,
amble,
loiter,
straggle,
traipse (informal),
dawdle,
hang back,
tag along (informal),
bring up the rear,
drag yourself
in the sense of tramp
Definition
to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place)
They put on their coats and tramped through the fallen snow.
Synonyms
trudge,
march,
stamp,
stump,
toil,
plod,
traipse (informal),
walk heavily
Nearby words of
traipse
train
trainer
training
traipse
trait
traitor
traitorous
Synonyms of 'traipse'
traipse
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of tramp
Definition
a long hard walk
He had just come from a day-long tramp on some wild moor.