to traipse
8
7.6
- verb
- /treɪps/
:
deambular
- On a lazy afternoon, she decided to traipse around the park, enjoying the warm sun.
- traipsed through the house
- traipse around Europe
- traipsed home
So he is, as we speak, traipsing across Antarctica unassisted.
- So he is, as we speak, traipsing across Antarctica unassisted.
- It was like doing something, the cross between a scavenger hunt and traipsing around in the woods.
- This really nice thick sole if you are traipsing through the snow.
- And we traipsed around during the Ahmadinejad years to Almaty, to Baghdad, to Moscow.
- I was like, no way is the Air Force kind of traipse in here from Kandahar and fly in and pick up the guy that we lost our guys for.
Examples
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So he is, as we speak, traipsing across Antarctica unassisted.
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"Surely you didn't think you could traipse all over a ship of this size unobserved."
Fiction book (1995) -
Why would I want to traipse across London to discuss that nonsense?
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Although most visitors traipse right over them, I pause for a moment.
Academic text (2008) -
You traipse behind me as if it were solely my concern to find our clothes again!
Fiction book (1997) -
The three of us traipse in a merry caravan through the station.
Blog text (30) -
There's no way we can traipse through all the buildings in time.
Fiction book (1994) -
Then she turned and traipsed off.
Fiction book (1993) -
The women traipsed off to the sweat lodge.
Fiction book (1996) -
She's not going to traipse around the Midwest in some kind of carnival!
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
379
1.3
Move around without a fixed direction, often slowly and in curves
214
1.7
To go on foot in a place without a clear purpose, often for pleasure
189
2.5
Move around without a fixed place, often while looking for something
122
1.8
To walk slowly and enjoy it
100
2.0
To move from place to place without a fixed home or plan
70
2.8
To move away from the correct place or path and wander
18
5.5
To walk slowly and without hurry for pleasure
14
2.0
To walk slowly and enjoy the fresh air
14
4.4
To walk for pleasure without a fixed route
11
7.7
To walk slowly in a relaxed way, often without a fixed destination
11
2.9
To walk around a town or city without a clear purpose
8
3.1
To move around a place on your feet without a clear purpose
7
5.3
To move around a place without a clear reason, often in a group
5
2.6
To walk slowly for pleasure along a street or riverside
4
6.9
To walk around without a clear purpose
3
9.0
To move around places for pleasure without a plan
2
4.1
Moving from place to place without a fixed home
1
7.9
To go slowly and enjoy the journey
1
5.2
A slow, aimless walk that follows a curving path
1
9.9
Walk slowly without a clear plan and enjoy the view
1
9.7
To walk around without a clear destination for pleasure
1
6.5
To move around slowly doing small jobs in no hurry
1
9.9
Move around without a clear plan or purpose
Walk around slowly without a plan
To walk slowly without a clear purpose
To move or travel slowly without a plan
To travel slowly without a clear plan
Moving without a fixed direction or plan
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To walk back slowly and without hurry, often seeming tired or not in a rush
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Traipse may come from old French words meaning 'to trail' or 'to drag', so imagine someone slowly trailing their feet through mud. That's why to traipse is to walk about casually or aimlessly, often with little energy.