TRIP, TRIPPING (stumble)
INTERJECTIONS
► OOPSIE DOODLES! used when tripping, making a mistake, etc.
NOUNS
► SPURN a trip or stumble → c1390 obs.
VERBS
► COME A GUTSER to trip over and fall; to come undone; to fall heavily → 1918 Aust. sl.
► COME A PEARLER ► COME A PURLER to trip over an obstacle, usually sustaining some form of injury → M19 sl.
► GET THE HEELS OF to trip up → 1897 Sc.
► SKELP to trip, to skip, to walk, to run rapidly; to hurry → 1721
► SPURN to trip or stumble; to strike against something with the foot → c1000 obs.
► TIP to trip, to step lightly; to walk mincingly, or on tiptoe → 1819
► TITUBATE to trip, to stagger, to stumble, to reel, to totter; to rock, roll → 1575
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