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tripping

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trip  \Trip\,  n.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tripped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tripping}.]  [OE.  trippen;  akin  to  D.  trippen,  Dan.  trippe, 
  and  E.  tramp.  See  {Tramp}.] 
  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.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Come  and  trip  it  as  you  go  On  the  light  fantastic 
  toe.  --Milton. 
 
  She  bounded  by  and  tripped  so  light  They  had  not 
  time  to  take  a  steady  sight.  --Dryden. 
 
  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;  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.''  --Locke. 
 
  A  blind  will  thereupon  comes  to  be  led  by  a  blind 
  understanding;  there  is  no  remedy,  but  it  must  trip 
  and  stumble.  --South. 
 
  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. 
 
  What?  dost  thou  verily  trip  upon  a  word?  --R. 
  Browning. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tripping  \Trip"ping\,  a. 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tripping  \Trip"ping\,  n. 
  1.  Act  of  one  who  or  that  which  trips. 
 
  2.  A  light  dance. 
 
  Other  trippings  to  be  trod  of  lighter  toes. 
  --Milton. 
 
  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.  --Luce. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}]




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