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Definition of Tripping
1. Adjective. Characterized by a buoyant rhythm. "A tripping singing measure"
Similar to: Rhythmic, Rhythmical
Derivative terms: Swing, Swing
2. Adjective. Moving easily and quickly; nimble. "Walked with a light tripping step"
Definition of Tripping
1. a. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2. n. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
Definition of Tripping
1. Verb. (present participle of trip) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tripping
1. the act of one that trips [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tripping
Literary usage of Tripping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanisms and Mechanical Movements: A Treatise on Different Types of by Franklin Day Jones (1918)
"tripping and disengaging devices also vary in that some operate ... The function
of some tripping devices is to safeguard the mechanism by stopping either ..."
2. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1913)
"Until 1879 all lowering had to be done by a tripping-bar, or by pulling the ...
tripping Bar.—One of the most valuable devices used in connection with the ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"It sits low and has a wide tread, there- is no danger of tripping. Price, stock
finish, $30.00; finished to order, $22.00 FOB White Plains, NY THE HW WILSON ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"A tripping footfall on the stair, A vision from " Le Follet," A sudden fragrance
in the air, Ye gods ! can this be Molly ? This "symphony" in silver white, ..."
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