Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To walk or tramp about; gad.
- intransitive verb To walk or tramp over or about.
- noun A tiring walk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
trapes .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb colloq. To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, obsolete To
walk in amessy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt. - verb intransitive, colloquial To
walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. - verb transitive, colloquial To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
- noun A long or tiring
walk .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb walk or tramp about
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I suggest Judge Jone's "traipse" comment didn't modify the interpretation of any law, did not make precedent and, therefore, did not "promote judicial legislation"
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I suggest Judge Jone's "traipse" comment didn't modify the interpretation of any law, did not make precedent and, therefore, did not "promote judicial legislation"
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Perhaps "traipse" is a signal that the judge intends to answer questions outside the law.
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Traipsing Into Evolution came when he complained about the definition we gave for the word "traipse" (a word Judge Jones used in his ruling) at the beginning of the book.
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Traipsing Into Evolution came when he complained about the definition we gave for the word "traipse" (a word Judge Jones used in his ruling) at the beginning of the book.
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Traipsing Into Evolution came when he complained about the definition we gave for the word "traipse" (a word Judge Jones used in his ruling) at the beginning of the book.
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The 2006 edition of the American Heritage Dictionary uses a Random House Unabridged Dictionary, published in 2006, defines "traipse" as "to walk or go aimlessly or idly without finding or reaching one's goal."
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For the record, the definition of "traipse" hasn't changed.
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Perhaps "traipse" is a signal that the judge intends to answer questions outside the law.
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For the record, the definition of "traipse" hasn't changed.
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