English Explanatory Dictionary

trape

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A messy or untidy woman.
verb
  1. To drag.
  2. To run about idly or like a slattern.

Pronunciation

trāp /tɹeɪ̯p/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trape.wav /tɹæɪ̯p/ /tɹep/ /ʈɾeːp/

Word forms

trape trapes traping traped

Etymology

Perhaps via Medieval Latin *trappa, from Old English træppe /treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from *der- (“to walk, step”).

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