trip･pingの英語

動詞

tripping

1. present participle and gerund of trip

形容詞

tripping (comparative more tripping, superlative most tripping)

1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2. (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.

   a buck tripping

   • 1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry:

     Robinson, [...] vert, on a chev. betw. three bucks, tripping, or, as many cinquefoils gu.—Crest, a buck, tripping, or.

   • 1846, William Newton, A Display of Heraldry, page 97:

     [A] buck tripping proper (of its natural colour), is borne by the name of Williams; Argent, a buck tripping proper, attired and unguled (horned and hoofed) or, by the name of Holme, in Scotland. The same arms are borne by the […]

   • 1894, Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, page 53:

     Ar. three stags tripping ppr.

3. (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
4. (slang) Saying crazy things or acting foolishly.

名詞

tripping (plural trippings)

1. The act of one who trips.
   • 1821, The Recreative Review, or Eccentricities of Literature and Life:

     At present we only produce some of those slips and trippings of the tongue and pen to which we are all liable in our unguarded moments […]

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