1
as in to walk
to go on foot
traipsed down the hall to get a cup of coffee
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2
as in to wander
to move about from place to place aimlessly
a group of friends traipsing around the country the summer after graduation
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as in travel
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Recent Examples of traipse
Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
After spending years traipsing around New York subways and streets lugging multiple Fairway bags, actress Kate Easton invested in this Tumi backpack and has never looked back.
—Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024
In a resulting 1973 film of the work known as Performances 2, the woman can be seen rigidly traipsing among tall grass, her breasts bared and her form nearly unrecognizable.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2024
After several months of traipsing through dingy slush and teetering precariously across unshoveled Denver sidewalks, my thermal Blundstone Chelsea boots look wrecked.
—Beth Rankin, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Self-contained in a suit and clad by ironic distance, the unnamed sort calls to mind all the doleful observers that have traipsed across the screen since il cinema went modern, highlighting a weakness of a film that could benefit from a touch more idiosyncrasy.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
After spending years traipsing around New York subways and streets lugging multiple Fairway bags, actress Kate Easton invested in this Tumi backpack and has never looked back.
—Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024
In a resulting 1973 film of the work known as Performances 2, the woman can be seen rigidly traipsing among tall grass, her breasts bared and her form nearly unrecognizable.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2024
After several months of traipsing through dingy slush and teetering precariously across unshoveled Denver sidewalks, my thermal Blundstone Chelsea boots look wrecked.
—Beth Rankin, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traipse
Verb
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Or walking the runway for Chanel, Moschino, and Fendi.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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Though the Post was amenable to publishing the inside ad, Common Cause told the paper to forget it and walked away.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Thirty years earlier, in 1995, on the weekend before Quebec’s second referendum on independence, my family and I went to Montreal to wander the city, to try to sense what Quebeckers were feeling, but mostly just to be there.—
Ken Dryden,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2025
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This baby seal was found wandering the snowy streets of New Haven, Conn.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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However that storm could bring major travel disruptions to the mid-Atlantic, AccuWeather meteorologists noted.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Since winning his congressional election and subsequent Speakership title, Johnson has been treading a fine line throughout the process of budget talks as the House holds a razor-thin majority.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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By contrast, Arsenal have lifted nine meaningful trophies in the 2000s and, to a certain extent, are treading a worn path.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The legacy of the British Q-ships During World War I, more than 200 Q-ships—and perhaps as many as 400—roamed the seas.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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As nocturnal creatures, this provides them with a comfortable space to freely roam about.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The father who went hiking with his son last weekend agreed to talk about the trek but asked that they not be identified.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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His upcoming California concert trek will mix favorites by The Zombies with songs from Blunstone’s solo albums and from his tenure with Parsons.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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While much of Europe shivers in the winter, Asturias enjoys mild weather, with locals strolling along beaches in winter without jackets.—
Jenn Rice,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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But Twain liked to be able to stroll to downtown Hartford.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2025
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The fastest way to this perch is a 50-mile traverse from Mount Trumbull Schoolhouse.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
4 Feb. 2025
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The employment of a multi-hop architecture allows for the rapid traverse of great distances, enabling a single mission to reach multiple geologic units within a timespan conducive to system survival in a harsh radiation environment.—
Evan Ackerman,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 June 2020
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“Traipse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traipse. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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