tripping

verb

present participle of trip
1
as in trotting
to go at a pace faster than a walk went tripping up the steps of city hall in their eagerness to get married

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2
as in stumbling
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily tripped over a chair and landed on her face

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3
as in hopping
to move with a light springing step dancers tripping lightly across the stage

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4
as in traveling
to take a trip especially of some distance while he was growing up, the family tripped to New England every summer

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5
as in fumbling
to make a mistake the press has had it in for the new governor, and they are just waiting for her to trip

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Recent Examples of tripping Among them was Argentina’s Leandro Paredes appearing to grab Spain’s Eric García by the throat before others started shoving and tripping each other to the turf. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 In March, Melissa Graybill, 52, watched her mother, who is 69, begin an arduous recovery journey after tripping while getting off a horse. — Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 14 July 2026 Video of the incident shows Henderson trying to climb back over the advertising barriers, tripping, and landing hard on his wrist. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026 But the tripping foul was clear on video review, and surprisingly Bruno Guimaraes, not superstar Vinicius Junior, stepped up to take the penalty kick. — Andy Clayton, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026 Mbappé was awarded the penalty when Diego Gomez was called for tripping after a video review. — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026 Neural pathways controlling core bodily functions — feeling in the limbs, movement and breathing — were collapsing one by one, like circuit breakers tripping in rapid succession. — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 June 2026 The primary question is whether this crowded field of new entrants is actually accomplishing anything, or whether its members are simply tripping over one another with deleterious impact. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026 The latter tumbled 10% Tuesday, tripping a circuit breaker that prompted a 20-minute cooling off period. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tripping
  1. trotting
  2. stumbling
  3. hopping
  4. traveling
  5. fumbling
  6. jogging
  7. falling
  8. bouncing
Verb
  • Grande and Erivo went on a globe-trotting press tour for the ages to promote the movie musical.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Netflix’s teen adventure mystery will kick off one last globe-trotting treasure hunt on August 20.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026
Definition of trotting
Verb
  • The most underachieving team on the Los Angeles sports landscape is embarrassingly stumbling through another season.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • This can help prevent the patient from stumbling across information that’s difficult to understand, potentially upsetting, or just plain irrelevant to their own situation.
    — Nicole Pajer, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of stumbling
Verb
  • If your Mediterranean travel dreams mean hopping between postcard-perfect ports aboard a private yacht—without sacrificing luxury hotel comforts—Emerald Sakara just may be your answer.
    — Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The dynamic is at its best when Judah glides over IsoKeys’ beats like two kids trying to be suave while hopping an MTA turnstile with one tap.
    — Lei Takanashi, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026
Definition of hopping
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  • The tens of thousands of people traveling at once and the road closures near the stadium and Atlanta park made driving very unattractive.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Bauers then crushed a three-run homer to right, the ball leaving his bat at 110 mph and traveling 424 feet, for a 6-0 lead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of traveling
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  • Most of the world was fumbling and scared, and Fauci seemed to have some idea of what to do.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Achane, the Miami Dolphins’ starting tailback, was referring to Ollie Gordon II fumbling the ball away in Wednesday practice, the team’s first of training camp.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of fumbling
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  • According to reports, Kraig initially encountered the bear while jogging ahead of his wife on the trail.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
  • After Gonzales, 19, completed the trip around the bases by jogging over home plate, words appeared to be exchanged with Spartanburgers catcher Cal Stark.
    — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
Definition of jogging
Verb
  • Global markets were also mixed, with South Korea’s Kospi stock index falling another 6% Wednesday as doubts over massive investments in artificial intelligence once again led investors to dump chipmakers’ shares.
    — Yuri Kageyama, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Hikers in an area of the San Bernardino National Forest are being warned of falling rocks after one woman was injured, and another woman died after she was suspected to have been hit in the head by a large boulder.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of falling
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  • The resulting, room-sized artwork engulfed visitors in a swirling fantasia featuring bouncing balls, morphing nets and slow-motion action shots of Messi.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 July 2026
  • When Odevilas said yes, bouncing up and down for joy, Salem puts the ring onto her finger.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of bouncing

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