ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Trape

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /tɹeɪ̯p/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Trape is a noun meaning (intransitive) To drag.

Meaning

(intransitive) To drag.

More Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To run about idly or like a slattern.
  2. (obsolete) A messy or untidy woman.

Example Sentences

No, that coat's too big; it'll trape along the ground if you wear it.
"I expect that's right," Frest admitted. "You going to drop right down—or be you hunting and traping along? You'n Delia?"
Hard was his fate in this I own, ¶ Nor will I for the trapes atone; ¶ Indeed to guess I am not able, ¶ What made her thus inexorable[…]

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Related dictionary entries include tramp, trot, trug, strumpet, drab, trap.

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