Read full poem →Thy drowsie Nurse hath sworn she did them spie
Come tripping to the Room where thou didst lie;
And sweetly singing round about thy Bed
Dictionary Entry
To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
In a Sentence
“Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
over tripping. trippingalong trippingdown trippingtripping withouttripping came
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “tripping”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Weather-defying, calm, placid and sweet.
Tripping along with impetuous grace,
Joy of her life beaming out of her face,
Read full poem →Tripping, he grabbed the wall; saw some one lie
Humped at his feet, half-hidden by a rug,
Read full poem →Played about by the frolicsome breeze,
Her light-tripping totties, her ten little tooes,
All bare and besprinkled wi’ Fall’s chilly dews,