[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trip \trip\ tri^p, v. i. imp.  p. p. tripped tri^pt;
   p. pr.  vb. n. tripping. oe. trippen; akin to d.
   trippen, dan. trippe, and e. tramp. see tramp.
   1913 webster
   1. to move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly;
      to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by
      it. see it, 5.
      1913 webster

            this horse anon began to trip and dance. --chaucer.
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            come, and trip it, as you go,
            on the light fantastic toe.           --milton.
      1913 webster

            she bounded by, and tripped so light
            they had not time to take a steady sight. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip
      to europe.
      1913 webster

   3. to take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's
      balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot;
      to lose footing; to stumble.
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   4. fig.: to be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense
      against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake;
      to fail. "till his tongue trip." --locke.
      1913 webster

            a blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind
            understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip
            and stumble.                          --south.
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            virgil is so exact in every word that none can be
            changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to
            trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when
            most secure.                          --dryden.
      1913 webster

            what? dost thou verily trip upon a word? --r.
                                                  browning.
      1913 webster
see also:
tripped tripping tramp it 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tripping \trip"ping\, a.
   1. quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tripping \trip"ping\, n.
   1. act of one who, or that which, trips.
      1913 webster

   2. a light dance.
      1913 webster

            other trippings to be trod of lighter toes.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. naut. the loosing of an anchor from the ground by means
      of its cable or buoy rope.
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   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
tripping line 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

trip
     n 1: a journey for some purpose usually including the return;
          "he took a trip to the shopping center"
     2: a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
     3: an accidental misstep threatening or causing a fall; "he
        blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips
        and a few spills" syn: slip
     4: an exciting or stimulting experience syn: head trip
     5: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure
        activates the tripper and releases the water" syn: tripper
     6: a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet
        overhead"
     7: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the
        whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes
        to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his
        unfortunate misstep" syn: trip-up, stumble, misstep
     v 1: miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "she stumbled over the
          tree root" syn: stumble
     2: cause to stumble; "the questions on the test tripped him up"
        syn: trip up
     3: make a trip for pleasure syn: travel, jaunt
     4: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate
        the circuits" syn: actuate, trigger, activate, set
        off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
     5: get high, stoned, or drugged; "he trips every weekend" syn:
         trip out, turn on, get off
     also: tripping, tripped
see also:
slip head trip tripper trip-up stumble misstep 
trip up travel jaunt actuate trigger 
activate set off spark off spark trigger off 
touch off trip out turn on get off tripping 
tripped 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tripping
     adj 1: characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride";
            "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a
            swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping
            singing measure" syn: lilting, swinging, swingy
     2: moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and
        graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a
        light tripping step" syn: light, lightsome
see also:
lilting swinging swingy light lightsome 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tripping
     see trip
see also:
trip 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 moby thesaurus words for "tripping":
   balanced, concinnate, concinnous, delirium tremens, dream, easy,
   elegant, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, facile, flowing, fluent,
   graceful, hallucination, hallucinosis, harmonious, measured,
   mind-expansion, ordered, orderly, pleasing, smooth,
   smooth-sounding, sweet, symmetrical

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