Synonyms for trip the light fantastic

Grammar : Noun

Spell : trip

Phonetic Transcription : trɪp

Top 10 synonyms for trip the light fantastic Other synonyms for the word trip the light fantastic

---

Définition of trip the light fantastic

Origin :

• late 14c. (implied in tripper), "tread or step lightly, skip, caper," from Old French tripper "strike with the feet" (12c.), from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch trippen "to skip, trip, hop," Low German trippeln, Frisian tripje, Dutch trappen, Old English treppan "to tread, trample") related to trap.
• The sense of "strike with the foot and cause to stumble" is first recorded early 15c. Meaning "to release" (a catch, lever, etc.) is recorded from 1897; trip-wire is attested from 1916. Related: Tripped; tripping.