TRIPPED Synonyms: 198 Similar and Opposite Words

tripped

verb

Definition of tripped next

past tense of trip

as in trotted

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 fell

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 hopped

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

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as in traveled

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 stumbled

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 tripped Pastrnak was tripped by Aleksei Protas trying to break out of his own zone and it was egregiously let go by the officials. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026 Hughes came out of his home and approached the students pulling the prank, and then tripped and fell into the street, authorities previously said. —

Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026 Hughes tripped and fell into the road, and Wallace, who was driving a pickup truck, ran over him. —

Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026 Then Nelson dances a guy in the neutral zone and gets tripped … like, that’s what the penalties are for. —

Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026 As the group went to leave Hughes’ Gainesville home in two separate vehicles, the beloved teacher tripped on the slippery roadway and fell into the street, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said. —

Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026 Authorities say Hughes tripped and fell into the street just as one of the teens was driving away. —

Jamal Goss, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 The teens tried to flee in two separate vehicles, but, while walking toward the street, deputies say Hughes tripped into the road and was run over by one of the cars. —

Wkrc Staff, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2026 Early last year, Brown’s wife—the former Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz—tripped over a clothes basket and broke her shoulder. —

Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026

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Just before the half, with the Panthers leading, 11-0, Steve and Pat trotted onto the field for an extra-point attempt in front of a crowd of about 12,000 in what was then called the Tangerine Bowl.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
From there, letters were ferried by boat and trotted by stagecoach up to North Carolina, where important correspondence was loaded onto a steam locomotive to Virginia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026