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traipse
English
Alternative forms
- trapes
Etymology
Likely from French trépasser (“pass over or beyond”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?e?ps/, /t???e?ps/
- Rhymes: -e?ps
Verb
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.
- 1728, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book III, ll. 140-4:
- Lo next two slipshod Muses traipse along, In lofty madness, meditating song, / With tresses staring from poetic dreams, / And never wash'd, but in Castalia’s streams [...].
- 1728, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book III, ll. 140-4:
- (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).
Synonyms
- (walk about): gad, travel, walk
- (walk about or over (a place)): cover, travel, traverse
Related terms
- trespass
Translations
Noun
traipse (plural traipses)
- A long or tiring walk.
- It was a long traipse uphill all the way home.
Synonyms
- (long or tiring walk): hike, trek
Translations
Anagrams
- @ parties, Pirates, Prestia, airstep, eartips, parties, pastier, piaster, piastre, pirates, praties, rapiest, raspite, tapiser
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budge
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French bougier, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullic?re (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bull?re (“to boil; seethe; roil”).
Alternative forms
- budg (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b?d?/
Verb
budge (third-person singular simple present budges, present participle budging, simple past and past participle budged)
- (intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
- I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.
- 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:
- Yet goals in either half from Jordi Gómez and James Perch inspired them and then, in the face of a relentless City onslaught, they simply would not budge, throwing heart, body and soul in the way of a ball which seemed destined for their net on several occasions.
- (transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.
- I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.
- To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
- The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.
- (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, western Canada) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
- Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!
- To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- shift
Derived terms
- budge up
- budger
- budge an inch
Usage notes
In senses 1-3, most often used in negative senses (won't budge; refused to budge, but not usually Sure, I'll budge or Will he budge?); but see budge up.
Translations
Adjective
budge (comparative more budge, superlative most budge)
- (obsolete) Brisk; stirring; jocund.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of South to this entry?)
Etymology 2
From Middle English bouge from Latin bulga (“a leathern bag or knapsack”). Doublet of bulge.
Noun
budge (uncountable)
- A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.
- 1649, John Milton, Observations
- They are become so liberal, as to part freely with their own budge-gowns from off their backs.
- 1649, John Milton, Observations
Adjective
budge (not comparable)
- (obsolete) austere or stiff, like scholastics
Derived terms
- budge bachelor
- budge barrel
References
- budge at OneLook Dictionary Search
- budge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- debug
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