"traipse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tɹeɪps/, /t͡ʃɹeɪps/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-traipse.wav Forms: traipses [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪps Etymology: Likely from French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|trépasser||pass over or beyond}} French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} traipse (plural traipses)
  1. A long or tiring walk. Categories (topical): Gaits Synonyms (long or tiring walk): hike, trek Translations (long or tiring walk): tarpominen (Finnish), Gewaltmarsch [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-traipse-en-noun-OfLWLFmd Disambiguation of Gaits: 24 11 10 29 6 15 5 Disambiguation of 'long or tiring walk': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'long or tiring walk': 93 7
  2. A meandering walk. Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-traipse-en-noun-cJAC462o Disambiguation of Gaits: 24 11 10 29 6 15 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trapes

Verb [English]

IPA: /tɹeɪps/, /t͡ʃɹeɪps/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-traipse.wav Forms: traipses [present, singular, third-person], traipsing [participle, present], traipsed [participle, past], traipsed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪps Etymology: Likely from French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|trépasser||pass over or beyond}} French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} traipse (third-person singular simple present traipses, present participle traipsing, simple past and past participle traipsed)
  1. (intransitive) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-traipse-en-verb-PyA-a01v Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 18 31 4 14 25
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits Synonyms (walk about): gad, travel, walk Translations (intransitive: to walk about): влача се (vlača se) (Bulgarian), мъкна се (mǎkna se) (Bulgarian), 閒逛 (Chinese Mandarin), 闲逛 (xiánguàng) (Chinese Mandarin), táhnout se [imperfective] (Czech), vláčet se [imperfective] (Czech), vléct se [imperfective] (Czech), tarpoa (Finnish), rämpiä (Finnish), sich schleppen (German), sich voranschleppen (German), girovagare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-traipse-en-verb-Wl0Bz~ho Disambiguation of Gaits: 24 11 10 29 6 15 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 12 45 2 8 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 18 31 4 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 2 12 43 3 9 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 10 45 2 9 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 5 19 33 4 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 5 14 37 5 10 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 5 14 36 5 10 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 6 17 32 6 11 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 5 14 34 5 11 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 4 14 35 4 11 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 5 14 37 5 10 21 Disambiguation of 'walk about': 5 54 0 5 36 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to walk about': 6 52 1 6 35
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount. Tags: colloquial, intransitive
    Sense id: en-traipse-en-verb-nzQrnWnd
  4. (transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort Tags: colloquial, transitive Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-traipse-en-verb-M7M0eEn3 Disambiguation of Gaits: 24 11 10 29 6 15 5 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 18 31 4 14 25
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly. Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-traipse-en-verb-rUk2IcoI Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 18 31 4 14 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trapes Synonyms (walk about or over (a place)): cover, travel, traverse Related terms: trespass Translations (transitive: to walk about or over): мотая се (motaja se) (Bulgarian), tarpoa (Finnish), crapahuter (French), sich durch/ über etwas schleppen (German)
Disambiguation of 'walk about or over (a place)': 5 46 0 5 44 Disambiguation of 'transitive: to walk about or over': 6 44 0 8 41

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, lines 140-144:",
          "text": "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 [...].",
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        "To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt."
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        "(intransitive) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:",
          "text": "After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort."
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        {
          "text": "While you were traipsing round Africa, I had to take care of mum and dad!",
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        },
        {
          "text": "So after all that work, I traipsed down to the shop to grab something to eat.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount."
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          "significant"
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        "(intransitive, colloquial) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount."
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        "intransitive"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd:",
          "text": "She 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.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort"
      ],
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        "(transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort"
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly."
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        "(transitive, colloquial) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly."
      ],
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        "colloquial",
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      "ipa": "/tɹeɪps/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɹeɪps/"
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    {
      "sense": "walk about",
      "word": "gad"
    },
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      "sense": "walk about",
      "word": "travel"
    },
    {
      "sense": "walk about",
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      "sense": "walk about or over (a place)",
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      "sense": "walk about or over (a place)",
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      "word": "trapes"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vlača se",
      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
      "word": "влача се"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎkna se",
      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
      "word": "閒逛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiánguàng",
      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
      "word": "闲逛"
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      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
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      "word": "táhnout se"
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      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
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      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
      "word": "tarpoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
      "word": "rämpiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
      "word": "sich schleppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
      "word": "sich voranschleppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to walk about",
      "word": "girovagare"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "motaja se",
      "sense": "transitive: to walk about or over",
      "word": "мотая се"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive: to walk about or over",
      "word": "tarpoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "transitive: to walk about or over",
      "word": "crapahuter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to walk about or over",
      "word": "sich durch/ über etwas schleppen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "traipse"
}

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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      "name": "bor"
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      ]
    }
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        }
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    {
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2021, Neal Stephenson, Termination Shock:",
          "text": "it was an easy traipse down the rocky slope",
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      "glosses": [
        "A meandering walk."
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      "ipa": "/tɹeɪps/"
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɹeɪps/"
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    {
      "sense": "long or tiring walk",
      "word": "hike"
    },
    {
      "sense": "long or tiring walk",
      "word": "trek"
    },
    {
      "word": "trapes"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long or tiring walk",
      "word": "tarpominen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long or tiring walk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gewaltmarsch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "traipse"
}

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