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Definition of Trip the light fantastic toe
1. Verb. Move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance. "Sam and Sue trip the light fantastic toe"; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"
Category relationships: Dance, Dancing, Saltation, Terpsichore
Specialized synonyms: Jive, Hoof, Clog, Tap Dance, Belly Dance, Heel, Shimmy, Bebop, Bop, Bump, Twist, Waltz, Waltz Around, Tap, Tapdance, Tango, Shag, Foxtrot, Contra Danse, Contradance, Contredanse, Country-dance, Break, Break Dance, Break-dance, Cakewalk, Conga, Samba, Two-step, Charleston, Boogie, Cha-cha, Disco, Mambo, Polka, One-step, Rhumba, Rumba, Mosh, Slam, Slam Dance, Thrash, Jig, Jitterbug, Folk Dance, Square Dance, Quickstep, Kick, Skank, Grind
Generic synonyms: Move
Related verbs: Dance
Derivative terms: Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dancer, Dancer, Dancing
Definition of Trip the light fantastic toe
1. Verb. (obsolete) (alternative form of trip the light fantastic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trip The Light Fantastic Toe
Literary usage of Trip the light fantastic toe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1827)
"... off all communion with them, and not only promoted warlike measures, hut
learned to trip the light fantastic toe, in which he delighted to indulge. ..."
2. Folio (1882)
"How the.rosy cheeks grew rosier ai the gallants crooked their elbows and invited
the fair ones to trip the light fantastic toe. How those lads' hearts ..."
3. The Structure of English Prose: A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric by John George Repplier McElroy (1885)
"... all trip the light fantastic toe* or even the light fantastic (without toe);
threats are minatory expressions ;* and fire is the devouring element. ..."
4. The Structure of English Prose: A Manual of Compostion and Rhetoric by John George Repplier McElroy (1885)
"... in his really honorable vocation (if he would only exalt it to its true place)5
are his confreres /* his dancers all trip the light fantastic toe* or ..."
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