tripping | Word of the Day

July 26, 2019 tripping [trip-ing] adjective 1. proceeding with a light, easy movement or rhythm. We Can Thank Alexander Hamilton For Giving Us These Words slang The Greatest Language Hits Of Black Music WORD OF THE DAY tripping continued... QUOTES The one before us has a light, tripping melody in 3/8 rhythm, the treatment of which is remarkably fanciful and delicate throughout. -- The Musical Times, review of Wayside Sketches, July 1, 1872 ORIGIN The adjective tripping "light and quick, nimble" and, by extension, "proceeding with a light, easy movement or rhythm" is a derivative of the verb trip. The verb comes via Old French treper, triper, tripper "to leap, dance, trample, hit with the feet," from Low German, and is akin to Middle Dutch trippen "to hop, skip." Tripping entered English in the 16th century. MORE FOR YOU 1 Spanish Expressions You May Have Overheard In Casual Conversations We've rounded up some less familiar Spanish terms abuzz in popular culture or conversation (you know, how people actually talk). A quick warning: There will be some strong language and adult content ahead. 2 Do You Know How To Speak DoggoLingo? - Everything After Z by Dictionary.com In DoggoLingo, a puppy is called a pupper. A teeny doggo is called smol. A big one is a woofer. Did you follow all that? 3 Unique Ways To Laugh Online More Amusing Than LOL It's no surprise that different communities and languages have developed all sorts of ways to show when we're in stitches on social and in text messages, from internet acronyms like ROFL to the number 555. Do you know them all? 4 English Could Really Use These 9 Wunderbar German Words Many intimidating German terms actually pack in some truly amazing concepts—all in a single word. So, we think it would be wunderbar ("wonderful") if English embraced these nine (not nein!) German gems. 5 The Important Rise Of "#DemThrones" "#DemThrones" is an unofficial, unlicensed, and organically created social television hashtag, largely used by another cultural phenomenon: Black Twitter. So how did it get started? © 2019 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 400 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy