Trip \Trip\, v. t.

1. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.

The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of his cause. --Abp. Bramhall.

2. Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.

To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword. --Shak.

3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. [R.]

These her women can trip me if I err. --Shak.

4. (Naut.)
   (a) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
   (b) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

5. (Mach.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Trip \Trip\, n. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tripping.]

[OE. trippen; akin to D. trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See Tramp.]

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.

This horse anon began to trip and dance. --Chaucer.

Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe. --Milton.

She bounded by, and tripped so light They had not time to take a steady sight. --Dryden.

2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.

3. To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.

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.

A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble. --South.

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.

What? dost thou verily trip upon a word? --R. Browning.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Trip \Trip\, n.

1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. --Sir W. Scott.

2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.

I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. --Pope.

3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.

Imperfect words, with childish trips. --Milton.

Each seeming trip, and each digressive start. --Harte.

4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. [Obs.]

``A trip of cheese.'' --Chaucer.

5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.

And watches with a trip his foe to foil. --Dryden.

It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. --South.

6. (Naut.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Scott.]

8. A troop of men; a host. [Obs.]

--Robert of Brunne.

9. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of widgeons.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)