Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to traipse
Participle: traipsed
Gerund: traipsing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | traipse |
| you | traipse |
| he;she;it | traipses |
| we | traipse |
| you | traipse |
| they | traipse |
Perfect
| I | have traipsed |
| you | have traipsed |
| he;she;it | has traipsed |
| we | have traipsed |
| you | have traipsed |
| they | have traipsed |
Past
| I | traipsed |
| you | traipsed |
| he;she;it | traipsed |
| we | traipsed |
| you | traipsed |
| they | traipsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had traipsed |
| you | had traipsed |
| he;she;it | had traipsed |
| we | had traipsed |
| you | had traipsed |
| they | had traipsed |
Future
| I | will traipse |
| you | will traipse |
| he;she;it | will traipse |
| we | will traipse |
| you | will traipse |
| they | will traipse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have traipsed |
| you | will have traipsed |
| he;she;it | will have traipsed |
| we | will have traipsed |
| you | will have traipsed |
| they | will have traipsed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | traipse |
| you | traipse |
| he;she;it | traipse |
| we | traipse |
| you | traipse |
| they | traipse |
Perfect
| I | have traipsed |
| you | have traipsed |
| he;she;it | have traipsed |
| we | have traipsed |
| you | have traipsed |
| they | have traipsed |
Imperfect
| I | traipsed |
| you | traipsed |
| he;she;it | traipsed |
| we | traipsed |
| you | traipsed |
| they | traipsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had traipsed |
| you | had traipsed |
| he;she;it | had traipsed |
| we | had traipsed |
| you | had traipsed |
| they | had traipsed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would traipse |
| you | would traipse |
| he;she;it | would traipse |
| we | would traipse |
| you | would traipse |
| they | would traipse |
Perfect
| I | would have traipsed |
| you | would have traipsed |
| he;she;it | would have traipsed |
| we | would have traipsed |
| you | would have traipsed |
| they | would have traipsed |
Imperative
| you | traipse |
| we | Let's traipse |
| you | traipse |
Verbs conjugated like 'traipse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'traipse'
araise,
braise,
fraise,
praise,
raise,
trample,
trape,
triple,
Arabise,
arise,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1593, of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal Fr.
trepasser "pass over or beyond," from O.Fr.
trespasser (see trespass). Or from a source related to M.Du.
trappen, dial. Norw.
trappa "to tread, stamp" (see trap).
2. Likely from French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”). See: French '
trépasser'.
Sample Sentences
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Lo next two slipshod Muses traipse along, In lofty madness, meditating song, / With tresses staring from poetic dreams, / And never wash'd, but in Castalia’s streams [...]. [1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, lines 140-144:]
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After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough. [1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:]
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... if I was you, babylove, I wouldn't go traipsin [sic] over there. [1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:]
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While you were traipsing round Africa, I had to take care of mum and dad!
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So after all that work, I traipsed down to the shop to grab something to eat.
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She only got handy the Union-house on Sunday morning 'a b'lieve, and 'tis supposed here and there that she had traipsed every step of the way from Melchester. [1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd:]