traipse

verb

ˈtrāps 

traipsed; traipsing

intransitive verb

: 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

transitive verb

: tramp, walk

traipse the countryside

traipse noun

Synonyms of traipse

• walk
• tread

Choose the Right Synonym for traipse

wander, roam, ramble, rove, traipse, meander mean to go about from place to place usually without a plan or definite purpose.

wander implies an absence of or an indifference to a fixed course.

fond of wandering about the square just watching the people

roam suggests wandering about freely and often far afield.

liked to roam through the woods

ramble stresses carelessness and indifference to one's course or objective.

the speaker rambled on without ever coming to the point

rove suggests vigorous and sometimes purposeful roaming.

armed brigands roved over the countryside

traipse implies a course that is erratic but may sometimes be purposeful.

traipsed all over town looking for the right dress

meander implies a winding or intricate course suggestive of aimless or listless wandering.

the river meanders for miles through rich farmland

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 kids traipsed through the set and into the director’s tent, where a producer showed them the script on her screen. —Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025

From then on, our Christmas Eve ritual took a new form—fancy dinner, followed by midnight Mass, then home for presents before traipsing to bed. —Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Nov. 2025

In its first, most romantic act, Hamnet is enchanting and fanciful; Agnes traipses through the lush forests of Warwickshire, embarking upon a sweet, awkward courtship with Shakespeare. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2025

Asia’s companies have long traipsed to either the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ for their public debuts. —Jonathan Gan, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Rhymes for traipse

• apes
• capes
• crepes
• drapes
• gapes
• grapes
• rapes
• scapes
• scrapes
• shapes
• stapes
• tapes

Kids Definition

traipse

verb

ˈtrāps 

traipsed; traipsing

: to walk or wander about