How to use the intransitive verb ' traipse '

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0 I need to know if i can use the intransitive verb ' traipse ' without a preposition or adverb after it. I've included the dictionary definition as well as two dictionary examples and one example of my own.  Is the third example allright ? 02br02br01b00Traipse ( intransitive verb always + adverb / preposition ) =  02b00to walk or go unwillingly from one place to another.02br02br00Example 1 : She spent the day traipsing 01i00round02i00 the shops, but found nothing suitable to buy.02br02br00Example 2: It was awful having the builders traipsing 01i00through02i00 our home every day. 02br02br00Example 3: In the roof, the construction workers were traipsing.02br02br00Is example 3 grammatically correct? 0-

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

0 No, I don't think it can be used on its own. Common versions are traipse through, traipse over, traipse round, traipse along, traipse to 0-

Cool Breeze · Answer

0 Hi FinGuy02br
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00Welcome to the forums! You're not a Finn by any chance, are you? 01i00Traipse02i00 can be a transitive verb, in other words it need not have a preposition after it. This quote is from the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:02br
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01b00traipse02b00, v., traipsed, traips·ing, n. Informal.02br
00 –v.i.02br
001. to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.02br
00–v.t.02br
002. 01u00to walk over; tramp: 01font01b00to traipse the fields02b02font02u01font00.02font02br
00–n.02br
003. a tiring walk.02br
00Also, trapes. [1585–95; earlier trapse, unexplained var. of trape, obscurely akin to TRAMP]02br
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00Cheers02br
00CB0-

Anonymous · Answer

0another example from the American Heritage Dictionary.02br
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01i00...traipsed the countryside, looking for work.02i0-

FinGuy21 · Answer

0Hi breeze thanks for the help.  I use the Cambridge dictionary.  Probably traipse can be both transitive as well as intransitive in American English.  By the way , finguy stands for ' Finance guy' , not ' guy from Finland ' ! 0-

BarbaraPA · Answer

0Hi Finance Guy,02br
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00It sounds VERY odd to this native American speaker too. However, saying "They traipsed the countryside" is still different from "they traipsed." And neither is preferable (to my ears) to "They traipsed all over/around/across the countryside."0-

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