verb
- present participle of trip; stumbling or causing to stumble
- moving with light, quick steps
- activating a mechanism or device
Usage: technical
adjective
- moving lightly and quickly
Examples
- She was tripping over the uneven sidewalk.
- The children came tripping down the garden path.
- He kept tripping the circuit breaker with that old appliance.
- The dancers moved with tripping steps across the stage.
- I’m tripping over my own feet today.
- The alarm kept tripping for no apparent reason.
- She had a tripping gait that made her seem carefree.