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Traipse vs Wobble - What's the difference?

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Traipse is a related term of wobble.


As verbs the difference between traipse and wobble

is that traipse is (obsolete) to walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt while wobble is to move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

As nouns the difference between traipse and wobble

is that traipse is a long or tiring walk while wobble is an unsteady motion.

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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    wobble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unsteady motion.
  • The fat man walked down the street with a wobble .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot.}}
  • A tremulous sound.
  • There was a wobble on her high notes.
  • (music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep
  • Synonyms

    * (unsteady motion ): jiggle, quiver, shake, tremble * (tremulous sound ): quaver, tremble, tremolo, vibrato

    Verb

    (wobbl)
  • To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
  • To tremble or quaver.
  • To vacillate in one's opinions.
  • To cause to wobble.
  • Synonyms

    * (move with an uneven or rocking motion ): judder, shake, shudder, tremble * (quaver ): quaver, quiver, tremble * (vacillate ): falter, vacillate, waffle, waver * (cause to wobble ): jiggle, rock, shake, wiggle

    Derived terms

    * wobbler * wobbly