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| tripping | |
| 1. adj. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly. |  |
| 2. adj. (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant. | |
| a buck tripping | |
| 3. adj. (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip. | |
| 4. n. The act of one who trips. | |
| trip | |
| 1. n. a journey; an excursion or jaunt | |
| We made a trip to the beach. | |
| 2. n. a stumble or misstep | |
| He was injured due to a trip down the stairs. | |
| 3. n. (figurative) an error; a failure; a mistake | |
| 4. n. a period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations | |
| He had a strange trip after taking LSD. | |
| 5. n. a faux pas, a social error | |
| 6. n. intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition | |
| ego trip; power trip; nostalgia trip; guilt trip | |
| 7. n. (engineering) a mechanical cutout device | |
| 8. n. (electricity) a trip-switch or cut-out | |
| It's dark because the trip operated. | |
| 9. n. a quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip | |
| trip the light fantasticW | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) a small piece; a morsel; a bit | |
| 11. n. the act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing | |
| 12. n. (nautical) a single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward | |
| 13. v. (intransitive) to fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot | |
| Be careful not to trip on the tree roots. | |
| 14. v. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble | |
| A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) to be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc | |
| 16. v. (transitive, obsolete) to detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict | |
| 17. v. to activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch | |
| When we get into the factory, trip the lights. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive) to be activated, as by a signal or an event | |
| The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic. | |
| 19. v. (intransitive) to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs | |
| After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors. | |
| 20. v. (intransitive) to journey, to make a trip | |
| Last summer we tripped to the coast. | |
| 21. v. (intransitive, dated) to move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip | |
| 22. v. (nautical) to raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free | |
| 23. v. (nautical) to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it | |
| 24. v. (slang) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption | |
| 25. adj. (poker slang) of or relating to trips | |
| 26. n. (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) a herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc. | |
| 27. n. (obsolete) a troop of men; a host | |
| 28. n. a flock of wigeons | |
