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traipse

[treyps]

,verb, traipsed, traips⋅ing, noun Informal.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields.

–noun

3.	a tiring walk.

Also, trapes.

Origin:
1585–95; earlier trapse, unexplained var. of trape, obscurely akin to tramp

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traipse (trāps)

intr.v.   traipsed, traips·ing, traips·es

v.   intr.
To walk or tramp about; gad: traipsed from one picnic site to another.
v.   tr.
To walk or tramp over or about: traipsed the countryside, looking for work.
n.  A tiring walk.

[Perhaps ultimately from Old French trespasser, to trespass; see trespass.]

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Traipse

Traipse\, v. i. [Cf. G. trapsen, trappsen, trappen, to tread noisily, to walk stamping. See Trample, Trape.] To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner. [Colloq.] --Pope.

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traipse

1593, of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal Fr. trepasser "pass over or beyond," from O.Fr. trespasser (see trespass). Or from a source related to M.Du. trappen, dial. Norw. trappa "to tread, stamp" (see trap).

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