traipse /tɹeɪps/verb 5noun 2forms 3 verb5 •(informal) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough. — 1922 •(informal) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount.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. •(informal) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effortShe 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. — 1874 •To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.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 [...]. — 1728 •(informal) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly. noun2 •A long or tiring walk.It was a long traipse uphill all the way home. •A meandering walk.it was an easy traipse down the rocky slope — 2021 formstraipsed · traipsing · traipses
