traipse
/tɹeɪps/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
Colloquial; Intransitive verb
noun
A meandering walk.
Example Sentences
- "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 [...]."
- "After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough."
- "... if I was you, babylove, I wouldn't go traipsin [sic] over there."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: trépasser