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tripping

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trip·ping  (trpng)
adj.
1. Moving quickly and lightly; nimble.
2. Speaking or flowing easily; fluent.
tripping·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.trippingtripping - 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"
lilting, swinging, swingy
rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"
2.trippingtripping - moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step"
lightsome, light
light-footed - (of movement) having a light and springy step; "a light-footed girl"
Translations
tripping [ˈtrɪpɪŋ] ADJ [step] → ligero, airoso
tripping
adj walk → trippelnd; notes → perlend; metre → fließend


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The youngster was in his long white nightgown, that kept tripping him up as Madame Ratignolle led him along by the hand.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
The carriage could not have gone above a mile or two, when a pretty young girl came along, with a tripping pace, which showed precisely how her little heart was dancing in her bosom.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
He reflected, with much probability on his side, that Lydgate would by-and-by be caught tripping too, and that his ungentlemanly attempts to discredit the sale of drugs by his professional brethren, would by-and-by recoil on himself.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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