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# tripping

verb, -ing form of «trip» (trip, trips, tripped, tripping)

«tripping» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tripping means catching your foot on something so that you stumble or fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#m1)
2. Tripping someone means making them fall by putting your foot or something in their way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#m2)
3. Tripping (a switch or alarm) means making it turn on or off suddenly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#m3)
4. «Tripping over each other» means getting in each other's way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#m4)
5. Tripping means moving along with quick, light steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#m5)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons «tripping hazards» are things on the floor, such as toys, bags, cables and untied laces, that can make people fall. In PE, deliberately tripping a player is a foul. In science and home safety, a circuit breaker is tripping when it cuts the power to stop danger. Phrases: «tripping hazard», «tripping over», «tripping someone up».

### Examples

- Tie your laces to stop tripping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#x1)
- Bags on the floor are a tripping hazard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#x2)
- He kept tripping over the dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#x3)
- Tripping a player is a foul. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#x4)
- The kettle keeps tripping the electricity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#x5)
- Stop tripping each other up! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#x6)
- She was tripping over her words because she was nervous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#x7)
- One fine summer's day Earl Mar's daughter went into the castle garden, dancing and tripping along. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/#x8)

### Note

Double p: trip → tripped, tripping. Noun «trip» also means a journey (a school trip). Tripping someone on purpose can hurt them badly — it is not a joke.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tripping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tripping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tripping.html) on Mova free.