'Tripping' definitions:

Definition of 'tripping'

From: WordNet
adjective
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, tripping]
adjective
Moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step" [syn: light, lightsome, tripping]

Definition of 'Tripping'

From: 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • This horse anon began to trip and dance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • She bounded by, and tripped so light They had not time to take a steady sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • What? dost thou verily trip upon a word? --R. Browning. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tripping'

From: GCIDE
  • Tripping \Trip"ping\, a.
  • 1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tripping'

From: GCIDE
  • Tripping \Trip"ping\, n.
  • 1. Act of one who, or that which, trips. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A light dance. [1913 Webster]
  • Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tripping'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Tripping'