trapes

Meanings

Verb

  • Alternate spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI

Noun

Origin

  • Obscure, as is common among colloquialisms. OED mentions possible association with Dutch trappen, to tread or stamp the foot, but objects that the connection is unconvincing.
  • See trape.

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