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trip-trap en · INTJ

Meanings

1. Representing the sound of walking on a hard surface.
   • First of all came the youngest Billy-goat, and was going over the bridge. Trip trap, trip trap, went the bridge. "Who is that tripping over my bridge?" shouted the troll. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 141:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
triptrap		alternative	lexicographic
trip trap		alternative	lexicographic

trip-trap en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make stomping or tapping noises while walking or running.
   • Ramona trip-trapped joyfully all the way to the parked car, and when she reached home she trip-trapped up and down the hall and all around the house. 2002, Beverly Cleary, The Best of Ramona:
2. (rare, transitive) To cause one to trip-trap.
   • Her lips parted, Freeman was suddenly triptrapping, no, she was triptrapping him, and then they were triptrapping together […] 2014, Scott Nicholson, The Home: A Supernatural Thriller:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
trip-trapped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
trip-trapped	Tense=Past		lexicographic
trip-trapping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
trip trap		alternative	lexicographic
triptrap		alternative	lexicographic
trip-traps	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic