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put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"

a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"

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"

miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"

cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"

put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"

a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"

miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"

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

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.

Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.

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

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.

To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

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

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

A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.

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

A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

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

A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.

A troop of men; a host.

A flock of widgeons.

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.

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.

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

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.

Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.

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

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.

To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

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

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

A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.

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

A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

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

A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.

A troop of men; a host.

A flock of widgeons.

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.

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.

To run or step lightly or nimbly; take short, quick steps; to skip; to make a misstep; to stumble; as, to trip over a board; to make a mistake or error, mentally or morally; as, he tripped in giving his answer.

To execute with light, agile steps, as a dance; to cause to stumble; as, the loose board tripped him so that he fell; to cause to halt by getting in the way of; to catch in a mistake or deception; in machinery, to set free, as by pulling a catch, trigger, etc.

A quick, short step; a misstep or false step; mistake; journey or excursion; in machinery, a device that releases.

Tripped.

Tripping.

To move with short, light steps: to stumble and fall: to err: to fail.

To cause to stumble by striking one's feet from under him: to overthrow by taking away support: to catch:-pr.p. tripping; pa.t. and pa.p. tripped.

A light, short step: a catch by which an antagonist is thrown: a false step: a mistake: a short voyage or journey.

A tripping step; excursion; catch which causes a fall; stumble; error.

To cause to stumble or fall.

To step lightly and quickly; to stumble; err.

To cause (one) to lose balance, stumble, or fall.

To perform (a dance) lightly or nimbly.

Mech. To free; release, as a catch.

To move with light and nimble steps.

To stumble; err.

A short journey; excursion.

A stumble; blunder.

A nimble step.

n. A quick, light step; a skip; –a brief journey or voyage; an excursion or jaunt; –a false step; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance; –a slight error; a failure; a mistake; –a stroke or catch by which a wrestler supplants his antagonist.