trip-trap
See also: triptrap
English
editAlternative forms
editInterjection
edit- Representing the sound of walking on a hard surface.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 141:
- 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.
Verb
edittrip-trap (third-person singular simple present trip-traps, present participle trip-trapping, simple past and past participle trip-trapped)
- (intransitive) To make stomping or tapping noises while walking or running.
- 2002, Beverly Cleary, The Best of Ramona[1]:
- 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.
- (transitive, rare) To cause one to trip-trap.
- 2014, Scott Nicholson, The Home: A Supernatural Thriller[2]:
- Her lips parted, Freeman was suddenly triptrapping, no, she was triptrapping him, and then they were triptrapping together […]