Tripping

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trip \Trip\ (tr[i^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tripped} (tr[i^]pt);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Tripping}.] [OE. trippen; akin to D.
     trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See {Tramp}.]
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     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.
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              This horse anon began to trip and dance. --Chaucer.
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              Come, and trip it, as you go,
              On the light fantastic toe.           --Milton.
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              She bounded by, and tripped so light
              They had not time to take a steady sight. --Dryden.
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     2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip
        to Europe.
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     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.
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     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." --Locke.
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              A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind
              understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip
              and stumble.                          --South.
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              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.                          --Dryden.
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              What? dost thou verily trip upon a word? --R.
                                                    Browning.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tripping \Trip"ping\, a.
     1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
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     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tripping \Trip"ping\, n.
     1. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
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     2. A light dance.
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              Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. (Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means
        of its cable or buoy rope.
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     {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. --Luce.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trip
       n 1: a journey for some purpose (usually including the return);
            "he took a trip to the shopping center"
       2: a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
       3: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he
          blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips
          and a few spills" [syn: {slip}]
       4: an exciting or stimulting experience [syn: {head trip}]
       5: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure
          activates the tripper and releases the water" [syn: {tripper}]
       6: a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet
          overhead"
       7: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the
          whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes
          to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his
          unfortunate misstep" [syn: {trip-up}, {stumble}, {misstep}]
       v 1: miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the
            tree root" [syn: {stumble}]
       2: cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
          [syn: {trip up}]
       3: make a trip for pleasure [syn: {travel}, {jaunt}]
       4: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate
          the circuits" [syn: {actuate}, {trigger}, {activate}, {set
          off}, {spark off}, {spark}, {trigger off}, {touch off}]
       5: get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend" [syn:
           {trip out}, {turn on}, {get off}]
       [also: {tripping}, {tripped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tripping
       adj 1: characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride";
              "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a
              swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping
              singing measure" [syn: {lilting}, {swinging}, {swingy}]
       2: moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and
          graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a
          light tripping step" [syn: {light}, {lightsome}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tripping
       See {trip}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "tripping":
     balanced, concinnate, concinnous, delirium tremens, dream, easy,
     elegant, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, facile, flowing, fluent,
     graceful, hallucination, hallucinosis, harmonious, measured,
     mind-expansion, ordered, orderly, pleasing, smooth,
     smooth-sounding, sweet, symmetrical