Tripping

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  • adjective. Moving quickly and lightly; nimble.
  • adjective. Speaking or flowing easily; fluent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of one who trips.
  • noun. A light dance.
  • noun. Nautical, the act of loosening the anchor from the ground.
  • Quick; nimble; stepping quickly and lightly.
  • In heraldry, same as trippant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
  • adjective. Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.
  • noun. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
  • noun. A light dance.
  • noun. The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
  • noun. a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor.
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  • verb. Present participle of trip.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. moving easily and quickly; nimble
  • adjective. characterized by a buoyant rhythm
    • Word Usage
    "What we referred to as a "tripping hazard" back in our religious all-girls high school and a "fire hazard" because after all, it would have taken us longer to get out of the building in those things is gracing the runway."
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