traipse, shlep
(verb) walk or tramp about
Source: WordNet® 3.1
traipse (third-person singular simple present traipses, present participle traipsing, simple past and past participle traipsed)
(intransitive, obsolete) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
(intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
(transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
• (walk about): gad, travel, walk
• (walk about or over (a place)): cover, travel, traverse
traipse (plural traipses)
A long or tiring walk.
• (long or tiring walk): hike, trek
• @ parties, Pirates, Prestia, airstep, eartips, parties, pastier, piaster, piastre, pirates, praties, rapiest, raspite, tapiser
Source: Wiktionary
Traipse, v. i. Etym: [Cf. G. trapsen, trappsen, trappen, to tread noisily, to walk stamping. See Trample, Trape.]
Definition: To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner. [Colloq.] Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
