English Explanatory Dictionary

trapes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
noun
  1. A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.

Word forms

trapes trapeses trapesing trapesed

Etymology

Obscure, as is common among colloquialisms. OED mentions possible association with Dutch trappen (“to tread or stamp the foot”), but objects that the connection is unconvincing.

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