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.

Verb

(en verb)

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.

*, chapter=7

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}

To go somewhere with ease.

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*:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?!  You?!   Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.