traipse

 
Pronunciation: /treɪps/

verb

[no object, with adverbial of direction]
  • walk or move wearily or reluctantly: students had to traipse all over London to attend lectures
  • walk about casually or needlessly: there’s people traipsing in and out all the time

noun

  • 1 [in singular] a tedious or tiring journey on foot.
  • 2 archaic a slovenly woman.

Origin:

late 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin. The noun is first recorded in traipse (sense 2 of the noun) in the late 17th century

Spelling help

Remember that traipse is spelled with -ai- in the middle.