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Synonyms for trip the light fantastic


Grammar : Noun
Spell : trip
Phonetic Transcription : trɪp

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Définition of trip the light fantastic

Origin :
  • late 14c. (implied in tripper), "tread or step lightly, skip, caper," from Old French tripper "strike with the feet" (12c.), from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch trippen "to skip, trip, hop," Low German trippeln, Frisian tripje, Dutch trappen, Old English treppan "to tread, trample") related to trap.
  • The sense of "strike with the foot and cause to stumble" is first recorded early 15c. Meaning "to release" (a catch, lever, etc.) is recorded from 1897; trip-wire is attested from 1916. Related: Tripped; tripping.
  • As in dance : noun moving feet and body to music
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