Definition of tripping

• p. pr. & vb. n. - of Trip
• a. - Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
• a. - Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.
• n. - Act of one who, or that which, trips.
• n. - A light dance.
• n. - The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.