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traipse

  [treyps] ,verb, traipsed, traips⋅ing, noun Informal.
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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.
–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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