traipsing 1 of 2

adjective

as in walking

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traipsing

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verb

present participle of traipse
1
as in treading
to go on foot traipsed down the hall to get a cup of coffee

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2
as in wandering
to move about from place to place aimlessly a group of friends traipsing around the country the summer after graduation

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Recent Examples of traipsing
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My mom is always looking for the next best sneaker for traipsing around the city, and she won’t be caught wearing bulky maximalist running shoes. — Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 Over spare guitars, Madonna retraces the days of traipsing about the Lower East Side when the rent was overdue. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 July 2026 But birding at this landfill does not mean traipsing through the trash. — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 14 May 2026 Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys. — Kara Williams, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 Long before the site ran scoops about members of Congress traipsing around Edinburgh Castle, a young Levin harbored political aspirations. — Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026 Spend an hour traipsing through flat grass paths on the farm with the owner and goat herder. — Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026 As mentioned, Milan is known for its art, and the runways fittingly reflected muses traipsing directly from an art party (or basement rave) to the catwalk. — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2026 The sighting comes just days after a mountain lion named 157M was seen traipsing through Pacific Heights in San Francisco. — Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traipsing
  1. walking
  2. treading
  3. wandering
  4. roaming
  5. strolling
Adjective
  • The terrain is tough to navigate alone, so most walking holidays are guided.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
  • These people are all within walking distance of one another in Rhinebeck.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
Definition of walking
Verb
  • That’s someone treading open water who has figured out that the only way not to drown is to never stop kicking.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • But like its tenacious relic-hunting heroine, the enduring property is always treading new ground.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of treading
Verb
  • More Phillies players and staff joined them, wandering around the field and the house from the movie for the next 40 minutes.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The young mountain lion was spotted wandering along Foothill Boulevard between San Dimas Avenue and San Dimas Canyon Road in the morning, according to the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • Some of them, like the one I got stranded on, were full of green rolling hills, tall grasses that rustled in the wind, and wild goats and deer roaming free.
    — Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Rameez Ansar, Group CEO of Circles, which operates Jetpac Travel eSIM that reinvents roaming with global access, lower costs & smoother UX.
    — Rameez Ansar, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of roaming
Verb
  • There’s a nice localised touch via a railway footbridge on the approach depicting the highs of Southampton’s football history and the delights of the city centre, particularly Oxford Street, can be enjoyed before strolling on to the match.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • After virtually strolling through City in Belmira’s video model, some of its mysterious puzzle pieces do, gratifyingly, start to come together.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of strolling

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