Definition of tripping

"tripping" in the verb sense

1. stumble, trip

miss a step and fall or nearly fall

"She stumbled over the tree root"

2. trip, trip up

cause to stumble

"The questions on the test tripped him up"

3. travel, trip, jaunt

make a trip for pleasure

4. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off

put in motion or move to act

"trigger a reaction"

"actuate the circuits"

5. trip, trip out, turn on, get off

get high, stoned, or drugged

"He trips every weekend"

"tripping" in the adjective sense

1. lilting, swinging, swingy, tripping

characterized by a buoyant rhythm

"an easy lilting stride"

"the flute broke into a light lilting air"

"a swinging pace"

"a graceful swingy walk"

"a tripping singing measure"

2. light, lightsome, tripping

moving easily and quickly nimble

"the dancer was light and graceful"

"a lightsome buoyant step"

"walked with a light tripping step"

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Quotations for tripping

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

tripping in Scrabble®

The word tripping is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters tripping:

TRIPPING
(144)
TRIPPING
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

ripping, tipping

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word tripping

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In tripping

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tripping in Words With Friends™

The word tripping is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters tripping:

TRIPPING
(150)
TRIPPING
(150)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

ripping, tipping

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word tripping

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In tripping

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Words within the letters of tripping

2 letter words in tripping (3 words)

3 letter words in tripping (11 words)

4 letter words in tripping (10 words)

5 letter words in tripping (3 words)

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7 letter words in tripping (2 words)

8 letter words in tripping (1 word)

tripping + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence tripping

Words that start with tripping (1 word)

Words with tripping in them (2 words)

Word Growth involving tripping

Shorter words in tripping

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pi pin ping ripping

rip ripping

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Longer words containing tripping

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stripping fieldstripping

stripping outstripping

stripping unstripping

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