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Definitions for: Tripping [adj] moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step"
[adj] characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure"
Webster (1913) Definition: Trip"ping, a.
1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2. (Her.) 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.
Trip"ping, n.
1. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
2. A light dance.
Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes.
--Milton.
3. (Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means
of its cable or buoy rope.
Tripping line (Naut.), 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. --Luce.
Synonyms: light, light-footed, lightsome, lilting, rhythmic, rhythmical, swinging, swingy
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