traipsed

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.
   • 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 [...].1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, lines 140-144
2. (colloquial, intransitive) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
   • After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

   Synonyms:

   gad, travel, walk

3. (colloquial, intransitive) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount.
   • While you were traipsing round Africa, I had to take care of mum and dad!
4. (colloquial, transitive) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort
   • 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.1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd
5. (colloquial, transitive) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly.

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