Traipse

Verb

 * 1)  To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
 * 2) * 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 [...].
 * 1)  To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
 * 2) * 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
 * After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough.
 * 1)  To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
 * 2) * 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd:
 * 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.

Synonyms

 * gad, travel, walk
 * cover, travel, traverse

Noun

 * 1) A long or tiring walk.
 * It was a long traipse uphill all the way home.

Synonyms

 * hike, trek

Thesaurus
airing, amble, ambulate, ankle, barge, bat around, bowl along, bum, bundle, circumambulate, claudicate, clump, constitutional, count ties, crawl, creep, divagate, dogtrot, dowdy, drab, drag, drag along, drag out, draggle, drift, flit, flounce, foot, foot it, footslog, forced march, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go dead slow, go slow, go the rounds, halt, hike, hippety-hop, hit the road, hit the trail, hitch, hobble, hobo, hoof, hoof it, hop, idle, inch, inch along, jaunt, jaywalk, jog, jog on, jog-trot, jolt, jump, knock about, knock around, laze, leg, leg it, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, march, meander, mince, mooch, mosey, mush, nomadize, pace, pad, paddle, parade, pedestrianize, peg, perambulate, peregrinate, pererrate, peripatetic journey, peripateticate, peripateticism, piaffe, piaffer, plod, poke, poke along, prance, promenade, prowl, rack, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, run about, sashay, saunter, schlep, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slut, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stray, stretch, stride, stroll, strut, stump, stump it, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, totter along, trail, tramp, tread, trip, troop, trudge, turn, vagabond, vagabondize, waddle, walk, walk the tracks, walking tour, wamble, wander, wayfare, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along

Alternative forms

 * trapes

Etymology
Origin uncertain; apparently related to trape:.

Verb

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Noun

 * Finnish: tarpominen

Anagrams

 * parties
 * pastier
 * piaster
 * piastre
 * pirates