overtrip verb 6noun 1forms 3 verb6 •To stumble and fall overI overtripped thy feelers far outstretched And fell , kerwhango , down upon my head , Raising a scar that time can ne'er efface ! — 1886 •To be oversensitive in triggering a fail-safe mechanism, especially to incorrectly activate or trip a circuit breaker.In order not to overtrip for faults behind the relay, it should be set to allow a CTI of about 0.6 second . — 1992 •To move where another is also moving or occur at the same time as another is occurring; to fail to coordinate (with)Wherever we stopped, wherever we went, crowds of people overtripping one another came to gaze at the President's bride . — 1886 •To tip a balance.He overtrips the balances, takes his sodas from months-old cardboard cartons, and uses local tap water already highly alkaline. — 1946 •To burgeon so as to exceed a limit.A shock, a shout, a gathering up of his splendid figure as if to overtrip the stature God gave him, and John Wilkes Booth fell headlong to the floor, lying there in a heap, a little life remaining. — 2020 •(no longer used) To skip nimbly or lightly over.She does not ride rough shod over people, but she gently overtrips them with her little pointed French heels, and leaves wounds in all the hearts that have opened to receive her. — 1901 noun1 •An instance of overtripping.As noted previously, the west coast blackout of July 2, 1996, was initiated by an overtrip that resulted in the simultaneous loss of two 345 kV lines. — 2014 formsovertripped · overtripping · overtrips
