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tripping en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈtɹɪpɪŋ/

Meanings

1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2. (not-comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
   • Ar. three stags tripping ppr. 1894, Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, page 53:
   • a buck tripping
   • Robinson, [...] vert, on a chev. betw. three bucks, tripping, or, as many cinquefoils gu.—Crest, a buck, tripping, or. 1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry:
   • [A] buck tripping proper (of its natural colour), is borne by the name of Williams; Argent, a buck tripping proper, attired and unguled (horned and hoofed) or, by the name of Holme, in Scotland. The same arms are borne by the[…] 1846, William Newton, A Display of Heraldry, page 97:
3. (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
4. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) Saying crazy things or acting foolishly.

Forms

Deriveds

trippingness · trippingly

Translations (2)

es trasoñante (Translations) · es tripeante (Translations)

tripping en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈtɹɪpɪŋ/

Meanings

1. The act of one who trips.
   • At present we only produce some of those slips and trippings of the tongue and pen to which we are all liable in our unguarded moments[…] 1821, The Recreative Review, or Eccentricities of Literature and Life:

Forms

Deriveds

night-tripping · paper tripping · countertripping · ego-tripping · power-tripping · tripping line

tripping en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈtɹɪpɪŋ/

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of trip
   form of trip