Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRIP, v.i.² [Ar. طَربَ tariba, to move lightly; allied perhaps to Sw. trappa, Dan. trappe, G. treppe, stairs.]

1. To run or step lightly; to walk with a light step. She bounded by and tripp'd so light They had not time to take a steady sight. Dryden. Thus from the lion trips the trembling doe. Dryden.
2. To take a voyage or journey.