Traipse vs Roam - What's the difference?
traipse | roam | Related terms |
(obsolete) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
* 1728 , Alexander Pope, The Dunciad , Book III, ll. 140-4:
(colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
* 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
(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 :
To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille'' (in ''The Guardian , 26 November 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-league]
(intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
To or wander over.
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Traipse is a related term of roam.
As verbs the difference between traipse and roam
is that traipse is (obsolete) to walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt while roam is to wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.As a noun traipse
is a long or tiring walk.traipse
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Alternative forms
* trapesVerb
(en-verb)- 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 [...].
- After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough.
- 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, traverseSynonyms
* (long or tiring walk) hike, trekAnagrams
*roam
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Verb
(en verb)- Wilshere had started as a left-footed right-winger, coming in off the flank, but he and Özil both had the licence to roam . Tomas Rosicky was not tied down to one spot either and, with Ramsey breaking forward as well as Olivier Giroud's considerable presence, Marseille were overwhelmed from the moment Bacary Sagna's first touch of the night sent Wilshere running clear.
- And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam .
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