tripping
part of speech
verb, -ing form of «trip» (trip, trips, tripped, tripping)
meaning for a pupil
1) Tripping means catching your foot on something so that you stumble or fall. tree →
2) Tripping someone means making them fall by putting your foot or something in their way. tree →
3) Tripping (a switch or alarm) means making it turn on or off suddenly. tree →
4) «Tripping over each other» means getting in each other's way. tree →
5) Tripping means moving along with quick, light steps. tree →
sense in the lessons
In safety lessons «tripping hazards» are things on the floor, such as toys, bags, cables and untied laces, that can make people fall. In PE, deliberately tripping a player is a foul. In science and home safety, a circuit breaker is tripping when it cuts the power to stop danger. Phrases: «tripping hazard», «tripping over», «tripping someone up».
examples
- Tie your laces to stop tripping. tree →
- Bags on the floor are a tripping hazard. tree →
- He kept tripping over the dog. tree →
- Tripping a player is a foul. tree →
- The kettle keeps tripping the electricity. tree →
- Stop tripping each other up! tree →
- She was tripping over her words because she was nervous. tree →
- One fine summer's day Earl Mar's daughter went into the castle garden, dancing and tripping along. tree →
note
Double p: trip → tripped, tripping. Noun «trip» also means a journey (a school trip). Tripping someone on purpose can hurt them badly — it is not a joke.
In the corpora
- Having a place for each thing and tidying a little every day makes things quick to find and stops people tripping.
- Pulling chairs, tripping and pushing people into water are "pranks" that cause broken bones and head injuries.
- Pulling chairs away, tripping people and pushing them as a joke often end in head or back injuries.
- Only adults reset a trip, and if it keeps tripping, an electrician checks it.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tripping» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.