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)
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