noun
Meaning 1
A long or tiring walk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It was a long traipse uphill all the way home.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
traipse
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noun
Meaning 2
A meandering walk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 3
To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, intransitive
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
walk or tramp about
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shlep
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
History
Etymology
Likely from French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”).
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: tarpominen — long or tiring walk
- German: Gewaltmarsch — long or tiring walk
- Polish: wędrówka — long or tiring walk
- Bulgarian: влача се (vlača se) — intransitive: to walk about
- Bulgarian: мъкна се (mǎkna se) — intransitive: to walk about
- Chinese Mandarin: 閒逛 /闲逛 (xiánguàng) — intransitive: to walk about
- Czech: táhnout se — intransitive: to walk about
- Czech: vláčet se — intransitive: to walk about
- Czech: vléct se — intransitive: to walk about
- Finnish: tarpoa — intransitive: to walk about
- Finnish: rämpiä — intransitive: to walk about
- German: sich schleppen — intransitive: to walk about
- German: sich voranschleppen — intransitive: to walk about
- Italian: girovagare — intransitive: to walk about
- Polish: wlec się — intransitive: to walk about
- Bulgarian: мотая се (motaja se) — transitive: to walk about or over
- Czech: potloukat se — transitive: to walk about or over
- Czech: motat se — transitive: to walk about or over
- Finnish: tarpoa — transitive: to walk about or over
- French: crapahuter — transitive: to walk about or over
- German: sich durch/ über etwas schleppen — transitive: to walk about or over
- Polish: włóczyć się — transitive: to walk about or over