to trippin'
- verb
- /ˈtrɪpɪn/
- Informal
:
tropezar
- She laughed as she watched her friends trippin' on the uneven pavement.
The guy was tripping all over everything, like, oh man, it was, it was terrible.
- The guy was tripping all over everything, like, oh man, it was, it was terrible.
- And, you know, all I remember is being a very happy childhood, but we're always outside, always tripping over stuff that building materials.
- It's tough tripping over these, these, I know these syllables.
Examples
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Oh, group sees I'm tripping over wires again.
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The guy was tripping all over everything, like, oh man, it was, it was terrible.
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We're all tripping over ourselves and it's OK, It's OK.
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And, you know, all I remember is being a very happy childhood, but we're always outside, always tripping over stuff that building materials.
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It's tough tripping over these, these, I know these syllables.
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I'm throwing the ball at niggas and tripping and and it wasn't about hacking.
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He was careful not to trippin' while walking down the steep stairs.
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I stumbled and almost trippin' over my own feet as I rushed to catch the bus.
Synonyms
219
2.2
To cause someone to stumble or lose balance
129
1.6
To trip or lose balance while walking and almost fall
49
1.9
Lose your balance when your foot hits or catches on something while walking
1
6.8
To stumble or fall because you are clumsy
Antonyms
How Unsteady
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Trippin' in the sense of stumbling is just the casual form of trip, which means 'to catch your foot' or 'stumble'. So to be trippin' is simply to almost fall or lose your step.