Trip (tr&ibreve_;p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripped (tr&ibreve_;pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Tripping.] [OE. trippen; akin to D. trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See Tramp.]
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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.
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This horse anon began to trip and dance. Chaucer.
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Come, and trip it, as you go,
On the light fantastic toe. Milton.
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She bounded by, and tripped so light
They had not time to take a steady sight. Dryden.
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2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
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3. To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
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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.
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A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble. South.
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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.
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What? dost thou verily trip upon a word? R. Browning.
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Trip, n. 1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
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His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. Sir W. Scott.
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2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
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I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. Pope.
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3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
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Imperfect words, with childish trips. Milton.
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Each seeming trip, and each digressive start. Harte.
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4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. [Obs.] “A trip of cheese.” Chaucer.
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5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
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And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Dryden.
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It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South.
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6. (Naut.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
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7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Scott.]
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8. A troop of men; a host. [Obs.] Robert of Brunne.
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9. (Zoöl.) A flock of widgeons.
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