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Webster 1913 Edition
Tripping
Trip′ping
,Adj.
1.
Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2.
(Her.)
Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; – said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.
Trip′ping
,Noun.
1.
Act of one who, or that which, trips.
2.
A light dance.
Other
trippings
to be trod of lighter toes. Milton.
3.
(Naut.)
The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
Tripping line
(Naut.)
, a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor.
Luce.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tripping
TRIP'PING
,ppr.
1.
a. Quick; nimble.TRIP'PING
,Noun.
1.
A light dance.2.
The loosing of an anchor from the ground by its cable or buoy-rope.Definition 2024
tripping
tripping
English
Verb
tripping
- present participle of trip
Adjective
tripping (comparative more tripping, superlative most tripping)
- Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
- (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
- a buck tripping
Noun
tripping (plural trippings)
- The act of one who trips.
- 1821, The Recreative Review, or Eccentricities of Literature and Life
- 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