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Webster 1913 Edition

Trip

Trip

(trĭp)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tripped
(trĭpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tripping
.]
[OE.
trippen
; akin to D.
trippen
, Dan.
trippe
, and E.
tramp
. See
Tramp
.]
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.
This horse anon began to
trip
and dance.
Chaucer.
Come, and
trip
it, as you go,
On the light fantastic toe.
Milton.
She bounded by, and
tripped
so light
They had not time to take a steady sight.
Dryden.
2.
To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion;
as, to
trip
to Europe
.
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.
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.
A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must
trip
and stumble.
South.
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.
What? dost thou verily
trip
upon a word?
R. Browning.

Trip

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; – often followed by up;
as, to
trip
up a man in wrestling
.
The words of Hobbes's defense
trip
up the heels of his cause.
Abp. Bramhall.
2.
(Fig.)
:
To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
To
trip
the course of law, and blunt the sword.
Shakespeare
3.
To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict; also called
trip up
.
[R.]
These her women can
trip
me if I err.
Shakespeare
4.
(Naut.)
(a)
To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
(b)
To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

Trip

,
Noun.
1.
A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the
trip
of a light female step glide to or from the door.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
I took a
trip
to London on the death of the queen.
Pope.
3.
A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
Imperfect words, with childish
trips
.
Milton.
Each seeming
trip
, and each digressive start.
Harte.
4.
A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
[Obs.]
“A trip of cheese.”
Chaucer.
5.
A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
And watches with a
trip
his foe to foil.
Dryden.
It is the sudden trip
in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.
South.
6.
(Naut.)
A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
7.
A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
[Prov. Eng. & Scott.]
8.
A troop of men; a host.
[Obs.]
Robert of Brunne.
9.
(Zool.)
A flock of widgeons.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trip

TRIP

, v.t.
1.
To supplant; to cause to fall by striking the feet suddenly from under the person; usually followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling; to trip up the heels.
2.
To supplant; to overthrow by depriving of support.
3.
To catch; to detect.
4.
To loose an anchor from the bottom by its cable or buoy-rope.

TRIP

,
Verb.
I.
To stumble; to strike the foot against something, so as to lose the step and come near to fall; or to stumble and fall.
1.
To err; to fail; to mistake; to be deficient.
Virgil pretends sometimes to trip.

TRIP

, v.i.
1.
To run or step lightly; to walk with a light step.
She bounded by and tripp'd so light.
They had not time to take a steady sight.
Thus from the lion trips the trembling doe.
2.
To take a voyage or journey.

TRIP

,
Noun.
A stroke or catch by which a wrestler supplants his antagonist.
And watches with a trip his foe to foil.
1.
A stumble by the loss of foot-hold, or a striking of the foot against an object.
2.
A failure; a mistake.
Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.
3.
A journey; or a voyage.
I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.
4.
In navigation, a single board in plying to windward.
5.
Among farmers, a small flock of sheep, or a small stock of them. [Local.]

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