traipsed

verb

past tense of traipse
1
as in walked
to go on foot traipsed down the hall to get a cup of coffee

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2
as in wandered
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 traipsed Locals complained tourist gawked at them or traipsed through their yards. — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026 In the story, the dress is a reminder of a more exciting time in the lives of the married protagonists, who have returned to Canada after having traipsed around the globe for years. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026 Having traipsed off the pitch in Orlando on July 1, a new Premier League season on August 16 was already on the horizon. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025 As such, its mass of untamed, scrubby green can today be traipsed through on foot or horseback, via ethereal blue coves such as Cala Marinella, the odd wandering fox and to the soothing rhythm of Aleppo pines rustling in the hot wind. — Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026 Asia’s companies have long traipsed to either the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ for their public debuts. — Jonathan Gan, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025 By the end of the war in 1944, the hotel had seen its share of wear and tear—more than 100,000 servicemen traipsed through the hotel over the two years—and Laughner decided to sell, at quite a loss. — Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traipsed
  1. walked
  2. wandered
  3. roamed
  4. strolled
Verb
  • At the ages of 15 and 12, the brothers walked shoulder-to-shoulder behind their mother Princess Diana's coffin in 1997.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Fairbanks then walked Max Muncy, who moved to second on defensive indifference, and Heim delivered a two-run single.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Definition of walked
Verb
  • The 1,200-pound giraffe, named Gracie, wandered away from her unfenced habitat at Cedar Hollow Ranch in Leakey, Texas, on June 12.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • At the time, the ranch said the giraffe had likely slipped through an enclosure gate and wandered into surrounding private ranchland.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of wandered
Verb
  • The age of sail, when pirates like Johnny Depp’s fictional Jack Sparrow roamed the seven seas, ended about 200 years ago.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Earlier this month, dozens of police officers, hunters and city officials were deployed in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, to catch a bear that roamed the streets for four days, forcing mass school closures.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of roamed
Verb
  • Cubans strolled along el Paseo del Prado promenade in the inky night, desperate to escape the stifling heat of their homes.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • More recently, Amal Clooney strolled through the South of France hand-in-hand with husband George in a black micro-mini with shorts peeking out underneath.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 4 July 2026
Definition of strolled

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