Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A journey; an excursion or jaunt. · A short outing for a specified purpose. · A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations. · An unusual or remarkable experience.
Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).
To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot · To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them. · To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc · To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp.
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