tripping
present participle of
trip
Meaning of tripping in English
(Definition of tripping from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of tripping
tripping
Long nightdresses and dressing gowns were mentioned as being a problem, due to the risk of tripping on the hem.
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For the shear layer mode pairing, on the other hand, tripping removes the subharmonic peak(s) from the spectrum completely.
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The test boundary layer was the tunnel floor boundary layer, which was naturally turbulent without the use of any tripping devices.
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It is this dexterity and delicacy of movement which allows them to speak clearly but gently, with the words tripping on the tongue.
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This is not unexpected; tripping presumably pre-empts the exit shear-layer instability.
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Tripping along the trail to the molecular mechanisms of biological clocks.
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First, there are occasions when a pet can be a tripping hazard.
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These statistics directed attention to an extraordinarily wide variety of accidents from tripping and falling to electrocution in the home to the dangers of working as a farmer.
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A normal healthy old person with good recovery skills will be less likely to fall after tripping over an uneven carpet edge than a frail person who lacks these skills.
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We found that pavements were being dug up—or something was happening—and that people were tripping over.
From the
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Such is the profit, due to high real interest rates, that lenders are tripping over themselves in their anxiety to throw money at the improvident.
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Let us have none of this nasty business of tripping me up at this stage.
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It is dangerous for these issues to be swept under the carpet, for we would be in danger of tripping down the stairs.
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I shall write to him if we can find any tripping points on that apsect.
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I have in mind the elderly lady lying in the orthopaedic ward, having broken a hip by tripping over a displaced paving slab.
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