TRIP

Definitions

1. 1. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling. The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of his cause. Abp. Bramhall.
2. 2. Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail. To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword. Shak.
3. 3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. [R.] These her women can trip me if I err. Shak.
4. 4. To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
5. 5. To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
6. 6. To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.