traipse

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traipse / trāps/ • v. [intr.] walk or move wearily or reluctantly: students had to traipse all over Washington to attend lectures. ∎  walk about casually or needlessly: there's people traipsing in and out all the time.• n. 1. [in sing.] a tedious or tiring journey on foot.2. archaic a slovenly woman.

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