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Traipse vs Gallop - What's the difference?

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Traipse is a related term of gallop.


As verbs the difference between traipse and gallop

is that traipse is (obsolete) to walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt while gallop is (intransitive of a horse, etc) to run at a gallop.

As nouns the difference between traipse and gallop

is that traipse is a long or tiring walk while gallop is the fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

traipse

English

Alternative forms

* trapes

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (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 [...].
  • (colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
  • * 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
    • After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough.
  • (colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
  • * 1874 , Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd :
    • She only got handy the Union-house on Sunday morning 'a b'lieve, and 'tis supposed here and there that she had traipsed every step of the way from Melchester.

    Synonyms

    * (walk about) gad, travel, walk * cover, travel, traverse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long or tiring walk.
    • It was a long traipse uphill all the way home.

    Synonyms

    * (long or tiring walk) hike, trek

    Anagrams

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    gallop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Intransitive. Of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.
    • The horse galloped past the finishing line.
  • To ride at a galloping pace.
  • * John Donne
    • Gallop lively down the western hill.
  • To cause to gallop.
    • to gallop a horse
  • To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines.
  • To run very fast.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • (figurative) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
  • * John Locke
    • Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.