TRIP'PING, participle present tense Supplanting; stumbling; falling; stepping nimbly. 1. adjective Quick; nimble. TRIP'PING, noun The act of tripping 1. A light dance. 2. The loosing of an anchor from the ground by its cable or buoy-rope.
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