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traipsing

traipse
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [treyps]
    • /treɪps/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [treyps]
    • /treɪps/

Definitions of traipsing word

  • verb without object traipsing to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book. 1
  • verb with object traipsing to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields. 1
  • noun traipsing a tiring walk. 1

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Origin of traipsing

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
1585-95; earlier trapse, unexplained variant of trape, obscurely akin to tramp

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Traipsing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

traipsing popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

traipsing usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with traipsing

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