2 entries under this word

Tripping

Tríp'ping, p. a.

participial adjective

p. a. 1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly. 2. (Her.) Having the right fore foot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; — said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, represented in an escutcheon.

Trip'ping, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of one who trips.

A light kind of dance. Milton.
(Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by its cable or buoy-rope.