From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trip \Trip\ (tr[i^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripped (tr[i^]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Tripping.] [OE. trippen; akin to D.
trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See Tramp.]
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1. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly;
to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by
it. See It, 5.
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This horse anon began to trip and dance. --Chaucer.
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Come, and trip it, as you go,
On the light fantastic toe. --Milton.
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She bounded by, and tripped so light
They had not time to take a steady sight. --Dryden.
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2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip
to Europe.
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3. To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's
balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot;
to lose footing; to stumble.
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4. Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense
against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake;
to fail. "Till his tongue trip." --Locke.
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A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind
understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip
and stumble. --South.
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Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be
changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to
trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when
most secure. --Dryden.
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What? dost thou verily trip upon a word? --R.
Browning.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trip \Trip\, n.
1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a
skip.
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His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the
trip of a light female step glide to or from the
door. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
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I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.
--Pope.
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3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or
balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
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Imperfect words, with childish trips. --Milton.
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Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.
--Harte.
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4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. [Obs.] "A trip of cheese."
--Chaucer.
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5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his
antagonist to lose footing.
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And watches with a trip his foe to foil. --Dryden.
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It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a
man to the ground. --South.
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6. (Naut.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to
windward.
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7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. [Prov. Eng. &
Scott.]
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8. A troop of men; a host. [Obs.] --Robert of Brunne.
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9. (Zool.) A flock of widgeons.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trip \Trip\, v. t.
1. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to
lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to
cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; --
often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
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The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of
his cause. --Abp.
Bramhall.
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2. (Fig.): To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an
obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
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To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword.
--Shak.
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3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict; also called
trip up. [R.]
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These her women can trip me if I err. --Shak.
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4. (Naut.)
(a) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or
buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
(b) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for
lowering it.
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5. (Mach.) To release, let fall, or set free, as a weight or
compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent; to
activate by moving a release mechanism, often
unintentionally; as, to trip an alarm.
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