Sekirov Dictionary

trip-trap

verb 2
exclamation 1
forms 5

verb2

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To make stomping or tapping noises while walking or running.
- Ramona trip-trapped joyfully all the way to the parked car, and when she reached home she trip-trapped up and down the hall and all around the house. — 2002
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(rare) To cause one to trip-trap.
- Her lips parted, Freeman was suddenly triptrapping, no, she was triptrapping him, and then they were triptrapping together […] — 2014

exclamation1

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Representing the sound of walking on a hard surface.
- First of all came the youngest Billy-goat, and was going over the bridge. Trip trap, trip trap, went the bridge. "Who is that tripping over my bridge?" shouted the troll. — 1886

forms

trip trapped · trip-trapped · trip-trapping · trip traps · trip-traps

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