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Dictionary: traipse   (trāps) pronunciation

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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verb

  1. To travel about or journey on foot: backpack, hike, march1, peregrinate, tramp, trek. See move/halt.
  2. To move about at random, especially over a wide area: drift, gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, wander. See move/halt.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: walk or tramp about
  Synonym: shlep


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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - traske om, drive om, føjte om, rakke rundt
n. - travetur

Nederlands (Dutch)
lopen (trekken), slenteren

Français (French)
v. intr. - traîner, se traîner
n. - marche fatigante

Deutsch (German)
v. - latschen, Botengänge machen
n. - mühsamer Fußweg, Schlampe

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περπατώ/περιφέρομαι (άσκοπα), σουλατσάρω, σέρνομαι εδώ κι εκεί, τριγυρίζω κουρασμένα
n. - αργό, κουρασμένο βάδισμα

Italiano (Italian)
viaggio noioso

Português (Portuguese)
v. - vadiar, vaguear, caminhar
n. - andar a pé

Русский (Russian)
утомительная прогулка, неряха

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - ir a desgana, andar penosamente, andar sin propósito fijo
n. - caminata, recorrido

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - traska, trampa, stövla, ströva
n. - tröttnande promenad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
游荡, 闲荡, 无精打采者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 遊蕩, 閒蕩
n. - 閒蕩, 無精打采者

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 어슬렁거리다, 심부름 가다, (옷 자락이) 끌리다
n. - 어슬렁 거리기, 단정치 못한 여자

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ふらふら歩く, だらだら歩く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتسكع, يمشي (الاسم) سير متعب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שוטט, השתרך בליאות, הלך בטל‬
n. - ‮הליכה מפרכת‬


 
 
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