TRIPPING : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: TRIPPING	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for TRIPPING
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tripping adj 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" Synonym(s): lilting, swinging, swingy, tripping moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step" Synonym(s): light, lightsome, tripping
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 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. [bd]Till his tongue trip.[b8] --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.