Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Trapes · IPA n. v. i. 01 n. A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. 1. A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.[Obs. or Colloq.] 02 v. i. To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse. 1. To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse.[Colloq.]