traipsing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of traipsingnext
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 Synonyms for traipsing
  1. walking
  2. wandering
  3. roaming
Adjective
  • The property is also within short walking distance of some recognizable hot spots: the Staples Center and the Los Angeles Convention Center.
    Adam Lapetina, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2020
  • These people are all within walking distance of one another in Rhinebeck.
    Ben Brantley, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
Definition of walking
Verb
  • He is seen wandering around the vicinity of the New York Hilton Midtown, on Sixth Avenue between West 53rd and 54th Streets, and goes back and forth for a bit before heading toward a Starbucks.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The owner, from Pennsylvania, shared several incriminating pictures of her chihuahua and Jack Russell mix, named Leia, holding pieces of bread in her mouth after wandering into the neighbor's yard.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • Advertisement To examine the impact of recreation on the lions, researchers used GPS and activity data gleaned from the tracking collars of 22 mountain lions roaming the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding region between 2011 and 2018.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • And the trust list enables roaming, meaning the technology can use multiple PKIs, or Public Key Infrastructure, which describes a collection of tools and procedures that help secure digital communications and transactions.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of roaming
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