English

Alternative forms

• trip the light fantastic toe (obsolete)

Verb

trip the light fantastic

1. To dance or to move rhythmically to musical accompaniment, especially in a graceful or nimble manner.
   • 1978 May 31, "Movies", in the St. Petersburg Independent, page 11-B:

     "Swing Time:" Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers trip the light fantastic in this yarn about a dancer with a yen for gambling.

   • 2005 June 1, Kevin Kittredge, "Royal Ballet", in the Roanoke Times (retrieved 4 Oct. 2008):

     In the fairy tale by the Grimm brothers, they each wear out a pair of dancing shoes nightly, tripping the light fantastic in a magic forest.