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trapes

trapes
T t

Transcription

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

Definitions of trapes word

  • verb without object trapes 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 trapes to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields. 1
  • noun trapes a tiring walk. 1
  • abbreviation TRAPES traipse 0

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Origin of trapes

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 Trapes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

trapes popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% 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.

trapes usage trend in Literature

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