Obs. exc. dial. [freq. of TRIP v. + -LE 3.] intr. To trip, move lightly; to dance, skip.

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c. 1630.  Risdon, Surv. Devon, § 308 (1810), 315. Where, fearless of the hunt, the deer securely stood, And trippling freely, walk’d a burgess of the wood.

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1851.  W. Anderson, Rhymes (1867), 42 (E.D.D.). He trippled, he danced, an’ he sung.

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