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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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scoot
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sku?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Etymology 1
Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle.
Noun
scoot (plural scoots)
- (slang) A dollar.
- (slang) a scooter.
- A sideways shuffling or sliding motion.
Verb
scoot (third-person singular simple present scoots, present participle scooting, simple past and past participle scooted)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (intransitive) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
- They scooted over to the window.
- (intransitive) To ride on a scooter.
- (of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
- The dog was scooting all over our new carpet.
- (intransitive) To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
- Do you mind scooting a bit to the left?
- (transitive) To dispatch someone or something at speed.
- 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Prout's Lovely Black Eye
- He scooted us out of the study and turned off the light […]
- 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Prout's Lovely Black Eye
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:scoot.
Derived terms
- scoot over
Translations
Etymology 2
Variant of shoot.
Verb
scoot (third-person singular simple present scoots, present participle scooting, simple past and past participle scooted)
- (Scotland, transitive) To squirt.
Noun
scoot (plural scoots)
- (Scotland) A sudden flow of water; a squirt.
Anagrams
- Cotos, Scoto-, coost, coots, costo-, cotso, scoto-, tocos
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