TRAPE

Etymology

Noun

trape (plural trapes)

(obsolete) A messy or untidy woman.

Verb

trape (third-person singular simple present trapes, present participle traping, simple past and past participle traped)

(intransitive) To drag.

(intransitive) To run about idly or like a slattern.

Anagrams

• Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, treap

Source: Wiktionary


Trape, v. i. Etym: [See Tramp, and cf. Traipse.]

Definition: To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to traipse. [Obs. or Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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