trapes

== English == === Etymology 1 === Obscure, as is common among colloquialisms. OED mentions possible association with Dutch trappen, to tread or stamp the foot, but objects that the connection is unconvincing. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== trapes (third-person singular simple present trapeses, present participle trapesing, simple past and past participle trapesed) Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI ==== Noun ==== trapes (plural trapeses) Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI === Etymology 2 === See trape. ==== Noun ==== trapes (seldom in use since about WWII, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. === Anagrams === Paster, Pearts, paster, paters, petars, prates, pretas, repast, repats, retaps, tapers, treaps == Catalan == === Noun === trapes plural of trapa == Franco-Provençal == === Noun === trapes plural of trapa == Spanish == === Noun === trapes m pl plural of trape