traipsed; traipsing
: to go on foot : walk
traipsed over to the restaurant
children traipsing at her heels
also
: to walk or travel about without apparent plan but with or without a purpose
a week traipsing through the Ozarks
traipsing from office to office
traipse
noun
Synonyms
Examples of traipse in a Sentence
I traipsed all over town looking for the right dress.
I'm too old to go traipsing around Europe.
Recent Examples on the Web
The singer—who is rumored to be making her return to the stage at tonight’s opening ceremony—has spent the last few days traipsing around the French capital, basking in the adoration of her fans.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 July 2024
Targeted by poachers for decades, approximately 20 remain at large, most traipsing across southern Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, Tsavo National Park, and the Chyulu Hills.
—Tanveer Badal, TIME, 25 July 2024
As the band Justice, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay have mastered the art of the cosmic gumbo: electronic music that traipses across the funk-disco-house continuum but also nods to the headbanging sounds of arenas past, whether progressive rock or heavy metal.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
But subway riders have to traipse through roads and grassy patches of business park land to get to some of those locations, as most of the current infrastructure there is built for car commuters.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 July 2024
Targeted by poachers for decades, approximately 20 remain at large, most traipsing across southern Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, Tsavo National Park, and the Chyulu Hills.
—Tanveer Badal, TIME, 25 July 2024
As the band Justice, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay have mastered the art of the cosmic gumbo: electronic music that traipses across the funk-disco-house continuum but also nods to the headbanging sounds of arenas past, whether progressive rock or heavy metal.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
But subway riders have to traipse through roads and grassy patches of business park land to get to some of those locations, as most of the current infrastructure there is built for car commuters.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
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