tripping
/ˈtɹɪpɪŋ/ adjective C2- Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
- Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant. · a buck tripping
- Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
- Saying crazy things or acting foolishly.
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And now, this crisp September morning, Anne and Diana were tripping blithely down the Birch Path, two of the happiest little girls in Avonlea.
There was a tang in the very air that inspired the hearts of small maidens tripping, unlike snails, swiftly and willingly to school; and it _was_ jolly to be back again at the little brown desk beside Diana, with Ruby Gillis nodding across the aisle and Carrie Sloane sending up notes and Julia Bell passing a “chew” of gum down from the back seat.
On Anne’s birthday they were tripping lightly down it, keeping eyes and ears alert amid all their chatter, for Miss Stacy had told them that they must soon write a composition on “A Winter’s Walk in the Woods,” and it behooved them to be observant.
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