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Definition of traipsing - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
aimless travelwalking or traveling without a particular goal
- We spent the afternoon traipsing through unfamiliar streets without a destination.
2.
casual movementmoving in a casual or messy way
- The traipsing tourists wandered through the market.
Origin of traipsing
Middle English, trapse (to walk aimlessly)
Examples of traipsing in a sentence
The tourists were traipsing from village to village without a plan. The traipsing children left a trail of mud. She was traipsing around the garden all afternoon.
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- French:errant, ...
- German:ziellos umherstreifend, herumstreifend, ...
- Italian:errante, disordinato, ...
- Spanish:errante, ...
- Portuguese:errante, desleixado, ...
- Chinese:漫游的, 漫步的, ...
- Japanese:ぶらつく, ぶらぶらした, ...
- Arabic:هائِم, هَائِم, ...
- Hebrew:מְשׁוֹטֵט, מִשְׁתָּרֵךְ, ...
- Russian:бесцельный, бродячий, ...
- Ukrainian:безцільний, невимушений, ...
- Hindi:बेमकसद भटकता हुआ, अलसाया, ...
Definition of traipse - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
- He traipsed around the city all day.
2.
- She had to traipse all over town looking for that book.
3.
- They traipsed around the park without a plan.
Noun
1.
- They took a traipse around the park.
2.
- We went on a traipse through the forest.
Expressions with traipse
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walk in a relaxed way without a specific goal
We decided to traipse along the beach at sunset.
walk around in a relaxed or aimless way
They traipse about the park every afternoon.
walk or move about with no clear purpose
We traipse around the city every Saturday.
Origin of traipse
Middle Dutch, trappen (to tread)
Examples of traipse in a sentence
They traipsed from store to store, searching for the perfect gift. After hours of shopping, they had to traipse back to the car. He would traipse through the snow, exhausted and cold. He traipsed through the mall without buying anything. We traipsed across the field, enjoying the sunset. Their traipse through the woods lasted all afternoon.
A leisurely traipse downtown revealed hidden gems. The traipse across the city left us exhausted. After the traipse, we rested by the lake.
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- French:arpenter, promenade sans but, ...
- German:herumwandern, Bummel, ...
- Italian:girare senza meta, passeggiata, ...
- Spanish:caminar, paseo, ...
- Portuguese:perambular, volta, ...
- Chinese:跋涉, 溜达, ...
- Japanese:歩き回る, ぶらぶら歩き, ...
- Arabic:تَجَوَّل, نزهة بلا هدف, ...
- Hebrew:לְשׁוֹטֵט, טִיּוּל, ...
- Russian:бродить, бесцельная прогулка, ...
- Ukrainian:бродити, прогулянка, ...
- Hindi:मारे-मारे फिरना, चहलकदमी, ...
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