Definition of "traipse"

traipse

/tɹeɪps/

verb
third-person singular simple present traipses, present participle traipsing, simple past and past participle traipsed
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
  Quotations
  Lo next two slipshod Muses traipse along, In lofty madness, meditating song, / With tresses staring from poetic dreams, / And never wash'd, but in Castalia’s streams [...].
  1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, lines 140-144
2. (intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
  Quotations
  After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough.
  1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
3. (intransitive, colloquial) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount.
4. (transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort
  Quotations
  She only got handy the Union-house on Sunday morning 'a b'lieve, and 'tis supposed here and there that she had traipsed every step of the way from Melchester.
  1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd
5. (transitive, colloquial) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly.
noun
plural traipses
1. A long or tiring walk.
2. A meandering walk.
  Quotations
  it was an easy traipse down the rocky slope
  2021, Neal Stephenson, Termination Shock