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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.
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Traipse
is one of our favorite verbs.
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noun
3.
a tiring walk.
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Example Sentences
- And the film's grainy look mirrors the shabby suburban streets on which the girls traipse in grungy overalls.
- Johnson has been realistic enough to have them traipse about in bare essentials.
- Once you traipse through a rundown lobby and enter the interior courtyard you realize a restaurant is located here.
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