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

• 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 victim's friends were able to traipse through the crime scene to collect personal effects. —Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025

Ella’s son is now 7 and sometimes traipses downstairs to gouge his grandparents’ cereal collection. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Oct. 2025

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly for a Witcher season 4 cover story, showrunner Lauren Hissrich exclusively confirms that Minnie Driver will not return as the shape-shifting, time-traveling, parallel world-traipsing Seanchaí. —Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025

Binoculars swinging from their necks, the group heads across North West Street and traipses through the government campus toward the Statehouse whose southernmost lawns host more habitat for migrating birds. —Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 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