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Tripping   /trˈɪpɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Trip  v. t.  
1.
To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling. "The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of his cause."
2.
(Fig.): To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail. "To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword."
3.
To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict; also called trip up. (R.) "These her women can trip me if I err."
4.
(Naut.)
(a)
To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
(b)
To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
5.
(Mach.) To release, let fall, or set free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent; to activate by moving a release mechanism, often unintentionally; as, to trip an alarm.


Trip  v. i.  (past & past part. tripped; pres. part. tripping)  
1.
To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; sometimes followed by it. See It, 5. "This horse anon began to trip and dance." "Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe." "She bounded by, and tripped so light They had not time to take a steady sight."
2.
To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
3.
To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
4.
Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail. "Till his tongue trip." "A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble." "Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure." "What? dost thou verily trip upon a word?"


noun
Tripping  n.  
1.
Act of one who, or that which, trips.
2.
A light dance. "Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes."
3.
(Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
Tripping line (Naut.), a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor.


adjective
Tripping  adj.  
1.
Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2.
(Her.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.





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"Tripping" Quotes from Famous Books



... must go, I cannot, indeed, keep Ned waiting longer. Good-bye, Mr Shank; you'll read the book, and I'll tell Aunt Sally what you say," said Mary, taking up her basket and tripping ...
— Ned Garth - Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade • W. H. G. Kingston
... sallow-faced, with a heavy mustache and drooping eyelids, from the corners of which flashed out a sudden suspicious look as I approached, which lighted up into a greedy one as it rested on my rubies, and seemed unaccountably familiar to me, till Lady Carwitchet tripping past ...
— The Lock And Key Library - Classic Mystery And Detective Stories, Modern English • Various
... on the hills in the park had a hard crust, which made it just right for skiing. Sahwah and Dick made one descent after another, sometimes tripping over the point of a ski and landing in a sprawling heap, but more often sailing down in perfect form with a breathless rush. "That last leap of yours was a beauty," ...
— The Camp Fire Girls at School • Hildegard G. Frey
... of Curran, and the splendid passages of many others. This may undoubtedly be done to advantage by one who has the command of himself which practice gives, and has learned to pass from memory to invention without tripping. It is a different case from that mixture of the two operations, which is condemned above, and is in fact only an extended example of the exceptions made in the last paragraph. With these exceptions, when he undertakes, bona fide, an extemporaneous ...
— Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching • Henry Ware
... was just calling out the leaves, and the young shoots in their tints of tender green were sprouting in the warmth of a pleasant day; the notary entered a garden. Here the flowers, in infant bloom, had prepared the earth for the coming season, for summer in her gay attire was tripping from the south, and as she passed, nature wove garlands to adorn her head, and wreathe about her arms. Early blossoms lent sweetness to the breath of the idle winds that loitered in this delightful spot, and the fair young primrose was sown over the parterres, with other flowers of spring, the ...
— The International Weekly Miscellany, Volume I. No. 8 - Of Literature, Art, and Science, August 19, 1850 • Various


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