Trip Tripped Tripping I Trɪp Careful Fall Past

• she tripped and fell.
• someone will trip over that cable.
• i was tripping over my words in my excitement to tell them the news.
• be careful you don't trip up on the step.

trip

1. to catch your foot on something and fall or almost fall
• She tripped and fell.
• Someone will trip over that cable.
• I was tripping over my words in my excitement to tell them the news.
• Be careful you don't trip up on the step.
2. to catch somebody’s foot and make them fall or almost fall
• As I passed, he stuck out a leg and tried to trip me up.
• The referee said Rooney was tripped and gave a penalty.
3. to walk, run or dance with quick light steps
• She said goodbye and tripped off along the road.
• a melody with a light tripping rhythm
4. to release a switch, etc. or to operate something by doing so
• to trip a switch
• Any intruders will trip the alarm.
5. to be under the influence of a drug that makes you hallucinate
6. to be easy to say or pronounce
• It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue, is it?
7. time that you spend thinking about and remembering the past or going to a place again in order to remind yourself of past experiences
• Visiting my old school was a real trip down memory lane.

Extra Examples

• Be careful or you’ll trip up.
• Don’t leave toys on stairs where someone could trip and fall.
• I nearly tripped over the cat.
• One of the boys tripped over and crashed into a tree.
• She came tripping lightly down the stairs.
• She tripped on the loose stones.
• She went tripping along the path.
• Be careful you don’t trip up on the step.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they trip
• he / she / it trips
• past simple tripped
• past participle tripped
• -ing form tripping

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French triper, from Middle Dutch trippen ‘to skip, hop’.