tripping

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trip

comparative more tripping · superlative most tripping

1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2. not comparablegovernmentHaving the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.

   a buck tripping

   3 more examples

   Robinson, [...] vert, on a chev. betw. three bucks, tripping, or, as many cinquefoils gu.—Crest, a buck, tripping, or.

   1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry

   [A] buck tripping proper (of its natural colour), is borne by the name of Williams; Argent, a buck tripping proper, attired and unguled (horned and hoofed) or, by the name of Holme, in Scotland. The same arms are borne by the[…]

   1846, William Newton, A Display of Heraldry, page 97

   Ar. three stags tripping ppr.

   1894, Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, page 53

3. slangUndergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
4. slangAfrican-American VernacularSaying crazy things or acting foolishly.

plural trippings

1. The act of one who trips.

   At present we only produce some of those slips and trippings of the tongue and pen to which we are all liable in our unguarded moments[…]

   1821, The Recreative Review, or Eccentricities of Literature and Life