tripping

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪpɪŋ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Verb

tripping

  1. present participle of trip

Adjective

tripping (comparative more tripping, superlative most tripping)

  1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
  2. (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
    a buck tripping
  3. (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
  4. (African-American Vernacular) Saying crazy things.
    Y'all hoes be trippin.

Noun

tripping (plural trippings)

  1. The act of one who trips.
    • 1821, The Recreative Review, or Eccentricities of Literature and Life:
      At present we only produce some of those slips and trippings of the tongue and pen to which we are all liable in our unguarded moments […]
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