to traipse around
4
6.9
- phrasal verb
- /treɪps əˈraʊnd/
- Informal
:
deambular
- The children love to traipse around the park, exploring every corner without any specific destination.
- go traipsing around
- traipsing around the country
- traipsing around the woods
And we traipsed around during the Ahmadinejad years to Almaty, to Baghdad, to Moscow.
- And we traipsed around during the Ahmadinejad years to Almaty, to Baghdad, to Moscow.
Examples
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I thought I told you not to go traipsing around on your own.
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She's not going to traipse around the Midwest in some kind of carnival!
Fiction book (2002) -
My parents, my brother, and I planned a month traipsing around Europe, ending up in Germany at the "Passion.
Blog text (29) -
But while traipsing around SoCal, I really did have a few observations that sort of stick.
Blog text (29) -
We had family come in from Arizona for a wedding last weekend, and we took a couple of days this week to traipse around New York with them.
Blog text (17) -
She traipses around the room, hugging everyone.
Fiction book (2001) -
There is no call for an Englishwoman to go traipsing around on her own, wearing unbecoming clothes and getting in everyone's way.
Fiction book (1990) -
This sounds fairly straightforward and a delicious opportunity for the carb-obsessed to eat their fill and then walk off the extra calories with a full day of traipsing around the grounds.
Blog text (6) -
They don't bother you, they don't traipse around, they don't make any noise.
Fiction book (1994) -
My reaction is that the Lege is already working on budget proposals, and they've already heard a lot of testimony from people who would be directly harmed by them, about which the Governor might know something if he weren't off traipsing around the country.
Blog text (29)
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
22
6.4
To travel around without a fixed plan, often looking for something
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
9
3.7
Move around slowly in a place without any clear purpose, often in a group
8
7.6
To walk around without a clear plan, often slowly and without much energy
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
5
6.5
To spend time doing small, not important tasks slowly without a clear plan
3
9.0
To move around places for pleasure without a plan
3
6.8
To walk slowly through a place without a clear purpose
2
8.2
To travel without a set plan to explore and think
1
7.9
To go slowly and enjoy the journey
1
6.5
To move around slowly doing small jobs in no hurry
1
9.9
Move around without a clear plan or purpose
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
Walk around slowly without a plan
To travel slowly without a clear plan
Antonyms
How Energetic
46
1.1
122
1.8
15
4.8
- Informal
4
6.9
21
5.5
17
5.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to walk or move about casually without a clear purpose' is directly and predictably composed from 'traipse' (to wander/stroll) plus 'around' (about/aimlessly). This is a simple verb + particle motion/locative pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily interpret.
Etymology
The verb traipse around comes from an old word traipse that meant to walk slowly or drag your feet. Picture someone walking around the streets with no plan, so this image is why traipse around means 'to walk or move about casually without a clear purpose'.