Word Meaning

tripping definition and meaning

p. pr. & vb. n. of Trip
a. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
a. 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.
n. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
n. A light dance.
n. The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.