Tripping

Quick meaning: Tripping is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of trip.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of trip.

More Meanings

1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2. (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
3. The act of one who trips.
4. (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
5. (slang) Saying crazy things or acting foolishly.

Example Sentences

a buck tripping

Ar. three stags tripping ppr.

Robinson, [...] vert, on a chev. betw. three bucks, tripping, or, as many cinquefoils gu.—Crest, a buck, tripping, or.

At present we only produce some of those slips and trippings of the tongue and pen to which we are all liable in our unguarded moments[…]

Word Forms

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Synonyms for tripping

Depending on context, synonyms include light, lilting, rhythmic, lightsome, swinging, light-footed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include light-footed, swingy, swinging, lightsome, lilting, rhythmic.

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