trape

/tɹeɪ̯p/

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trape noun: a messy or untidy woman.

Noun

trape (plural trapes)

(obsolete) A messy or untidy woman.
- Hard was his fate in this I own, ¶ Nor will I for the trapes atone; ¶ Indeed to guess I am not able, ¶ What made her thus inexorable[…]1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras

Verb

trape (third-person singular simple present trapes, present participle traping, simple past and past participle traped)

(intransitive) To drag.
- No, that coat's too big; it'll trape along the ground if you wear it.
- "I expect that's right," Frest admitted. "You going to drop right down—or be you hunting and traping along? You'n Delia?"1920, Raymond S. Spears, chapter 6, in Diamond Tolls
(intransitive) To run about idly or like a slattern.

Forms of trape

Noun
plural	trapes
Verb
third-person singular present	trapes
present participle	traping
past participle	traped
past	traped

Origin of trape

Perhaps via Medieval Latin *trappa, from Old English træppe /treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from *der- (“to walk, step”).

Words that rhyme with trape

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Questions about trape

What does trape mean?: Trape means a messy or untidy woman.
What part of speech is trape?: Trape can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce trape?: Trape is pronounced /tɹeɪ̯p/ (UK).
What is the plural of trape?: The plural of trape is trapes.

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