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tripped

trip
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [trip]
    • /trɪp/
    • /trɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trip]
    • /trɪp/

Definitions of tripped word

  • noun tripped a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris. 1
  • noun tripped a journey, voyage, or run made by a boat, train, bus, or the like, between two points: It's a short trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia. 1
  • noun tripped round trip (defs 1, 2). 1
  • noun tripped a single journey or course of travel taken as part of one's duty, work, etc.: his daily trip to the bank. 1
  • noun tripped a stumble; misstep. 1
  • noun tripped a sudden impeding or catching of a person's foot so as to throw the person down, especially in wrestling. 1

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Origin of tripped

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; 1960-65 for def 12; Middle English trippen to step lightly < Old French trip(p)er < Middle Dutch; compare early Dutch trippen, Dutch trippelen (frequentative with -el), akin to Old English treppan to tread

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Parts of speech for Tripped

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tripped popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

tripped usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for tripped

noun tripped

  • congaed — Simple past tense and past participle of conga.
  • cruised — Simple past tense and past participle of cruise.
  • danced — Simple past tense and past participle of dance.
  • daydreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of daydream.
  • fantasied — noting or relating to any of various games or leagues in which fans assemble players of a professional sport into imaginary teams, and points are scored based on the performance of these players in real games: fantasy football; fantasy sports.

verb tripped

  • curveted — Simple past tense and past participle of curvet.
  • deplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of deplane.
  • descended — A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them.
  • detrained — Simple past tense and past participle of detrain.
  • faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.

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