TRIPPING Synonyms: 194 Similar and Opposite Words

tripping

verb

present participle of trip

as in trotting

to go at a pace faster than a walk went tripping up the steps of city hall in their eagerness to get married

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as in stumbling

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily tripped over a chair and landed on her face

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as in hopping

to move with a light springing step dancers tripping lightly across the stage

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as in traveling

to take a trip especially of some distance while he was growing up, the family tripped to New England every summer

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as in fumbling

to make a mistake the press has had it in for the new governor, and they are just waiting for her to trip

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Recent Examples of tripping In overtime, the Golden Knights quickly took advantage of a tripping penalty on Kings center Scott Laughton. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Behar, who dislocated the shoulder after catching her heel and tripping last week at The View‘s ABC studio building in New York, is expected to return to the show next week. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 But up here on the terraces of the Anantara Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi, the shrieks of day-tripping cruise passengers, zipping back and forth in Tango-orange tenders, are pleasantly faint. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Every Electric’s team responded by continually updating the battery firmware to reduce the risk of tripping local circuit breakers. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 Allen is also remembered for tripping opponents three times in a calendar year, all of them caught on tape. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026 Curbless showers remove a tripping hazard while creating a clean, spa-like look. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026 This movement of the fabric can shorten a hemline and secure a train so someone can easily move about without tripping or having extra fabric dragging on the ground. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026 Users of classical psychedelics who underwent a major trip on the Fourth of July expressed reduced support for partisan political violence, whereas tripping around the time of the Democratic and Republican conventions increased it. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

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For well-heeled, globe-trotting diners, Noma offered an escape from modernity and the sensation of communing with something more elemental and earthbound.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Jeon Do-yeon, who plays the family’s matriarch, is colorfully slinky as a globe-trotting party widow, a vain, compulsively seductive narcissist who macks on her daughters’ men like a Real Housewife given a villain’s edit.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

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Big banks made changes to overdraft fees and fraud protections following previous testimony, for example, while former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf abruptly resigned in 2016 after stumbling during hearings on the bank’s fake accounts scandal.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
In an era of geotags and influencers, there’s something deeply satisfying about stumbling upon a place that still feels like a secret.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2026

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The researchers developed four main control policies for driving, wheelies and hopping, flipping, and jumping.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Instead of sending one expensive robot to do a job, a swarm of cheaper hopping ones could monitor water and soil, inspect oil refineries, and explore other locations that are difficult to reach.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026

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The festival also reflected the growing importance of music tourism, with international audiences increasingly traveling for experiences that combine music, culture and destination.

— Peony Hirwani, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
Maya runs away from her pain by traveling the world, first to Portugal and then to London and Japan, but an unexpected romance forces her to confront her past and realize that there may be more than one love of her life.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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The Seahawks had one of the worst turnovers in the NFL this season, fumbling in their own end zone and handing the 49ers a touchdown with 13 seconds left in the first half.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Specifically, Nico Iamaleava struggled, fumbling once and throwing interceptions to Oregon’s Koi Perich and Jerry Mixon.

— Elias Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

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As the storm approached Puerto Vallarta, National Guard vehicles patrolled the streets while police used a megaphone to call out the few people who were jogging, walking their dogs or biking by the waterfront.

— Fernando Llano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Brooks came back to the sideline 20 minutes later, and was spotted jogging.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

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The disruption has sent transits through the straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb falling sharply after mostly recovering to their pre-war levels.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
This all comes at a time when supply is falling — and falling faster than demand is recovering.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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