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trape

Pronunciation: /tɹeɪ̯p/

The English word “trape” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A messy or untidy woman.

verb

  1. To drag.
  2. To run about idly or like a slattern.

Etymology

Perhaps via Medieval Latin *trappa, from Old English træppe /treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from *der- (“to walk, step”).

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