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tripping
trip·ping T0367350 (trĭp′ĭng)adj.1. Moving quickly and lightly; nimble.2. Speaking or flowing easily; fluent.
trip′ping·ly adv.trip•ping (ˈtrɪp ɪŋ)
adj. 1. light and quick, as a step. 2. proceeding with a light movement or rhythm. [1555–65] trip′ping•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  tripping - 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"lilting, swinging, swingyrhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose" | | 2. |  tripping - moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step"lightsome, lightlight-footed - (of movement) having a light and springy step; "a light-footed girl" |
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trip ballssemi-vulgar slang To become intoxicated from a hallucinatory or psychoactive drug. Oh, Jim? Don't worry, he took some acid and is kind of tripping balls, but he'll be fine in a few hours.See also: ball, triptrip outslang To become intoxicated from a hallucinatory or psychoactive drug. Oh, Jim? Don't worry, he took some acid and is kind of tripping out, but he'll be fine in a few hours.See also: out, triptrip off the tongueTo be very easy or enjoyable to say. When you name your food truck, make sure it's something that trips off the tongue so that people will remember it. The book is a joy to read aloud. The passages just trip off the tongue.See also: off, tongue, triptrip the light fantasticTo dance. Taken from the John Milton poem L'Allegro: "Come and trip it as ye go / On the light fantastic toe." Of course, the best part of a wedding is when everyone trips the light fantastic into the wee hours of the morning.See also: fantastic, light, triptrip up1. To trip, stumble, or lose one's footing. You're going to trip up walking around with your shoelaces untied like that!2. To cause someone to trip, stumble, or lose their footing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "trip" and "up." Kids, don't go running around me while I'm cooking, or you might trip me up! He was given a yellow card for tripping up the other player.3. To falter, stammer, hesitate, or make an error, mistake, or blunder. I tripped up during the presentation when I started reading off the wrong card.4. To cause someone to falter, hesitate, or make an error. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "trip" and "up." She always tries to trip up her opponents with taunts and mind games. The crowd's boos and jeers really tripped me up during my turn.See also: trip, uptrip on1. Literally, to bump into someone or something with one's foot and stumble or fall as a result. He tripped on the step running up the stairs and fell face first on the hallway. She tiptoed out of the room, trying not to trip on anyone as she left.2. slang To experience the psychotropic effects, especially audio or visual hallucination, of some drug. Don't listen to him—he's been tripping on acid for the last three hours. We spent the weekend tripping on mushrooms while we went on hikes so we could better appreciate nature's beauty.See also: on, triptrip over (one's) tongueTo have difficulty saying or enunciating something. Any time I try to speak French, I still find myself tripping over my tongue. Sally said something nice about me? Did she trip over her tongue in doing it?See also: over, tongue, triptrip on someone or something and trip over someone or somethingto stumble on someone or something. The place was filled with sleeping people. I tripped over perfect strangers on my way to the door. I tripped on a brick and fell into the wall.See also: on, triptrip someone up 1. Lit. to cause someone to trip; to entangle someone's feet. (Someone includes oneself.) The rope strewn about the deck tripped him up. The lines tripped up the crew. 2. Fig. to cause someone to falter while speaking, thinking, etc. Mary came in while the speaker was talking and the distraction tripped him up. The noise in the audience tripped up the speaker.See also: trip, uptrip the light fantasticJocular to dance. Shall we go trip the light fantastic?See also: fantastic, light, triptrip the light fantasticDance, as in Let's go out tonight and trip the light fantastic. This expression was originated by John Milton in L'Allegro (1632): "Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastick toe." The idiom uses trip in the sense of "a light, tripping step," and although fantastick was never the name of any particular dance, it survived and was given revived currency in James W. Blake's immensely popular song, The Sidewalks of New York (1894). See also: fantastic, light, triptrip upMake or cause someone to make a mistake, as in The other finalist tripped up when he was asked to spell "trireme," or They tripped him up with that difficult question. [Second half of 1700s] See also: trip, uptrip the light fantastic dance. humorous This expression comes from the invitation to dance in John Milton 's poem ‘L'Allegro’ ( 1645 ): ‘Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe’.See also: fantastic, light, triptrip onv.1. To stumble or fall on account of hitting or catching the foot on something: I tripped on the curb and fell down on the sidewalk.2. Slang To be under the influence of some hallucinogenic drug: He tried to write an essay while he was tripping on acid, and it made no sense at all.See also: on, triptrip upv.1. To stumble or fall: I tripped up walking upstairs and hurt my ankle. 2. To cause someone to stumble or fall: The soccer player tripped up her opponent with a slide tackle. The broken stair tripped him up.3. To make a mistake: I would have done better on the test if I hadn't tripped up on the last section.4. To cause someone to make a mistake: His inability to focus on his work trips him up every time. The unclear phrasing of the question tripped her up. See also: trip, up trip the light fantastic To dance.See also: fantastic, light, triptrip the light fantasticDance. The phrase comes from John Milton's poem “L'Allegro”: “Come and trip it as ye go / On the light fantastic toe.” “Trip” did not mean to stub your toe and fall. On the contrary it meant “to move lightly and nimbly.”See also: fantastic, light, triptripping
tripping[′trip·iŋ] (mining engineering) The process of pulling or lowering drill-string equipment in a borehole. To open a latch or locking device, thereby allowing a door or gate to open to empty the contents of a skip or bailer. MedicalSeetripFinancialSeeTriptripping
Synonyms for trippingadj characterized by a buoyant rhythmSynonymsRelated Wordsadj moving easily and quicklySynonymsRelated Words |