Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
Used in a Sentence
tripped
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tripped.
Editorial note
And if the programmer were anything but of the highest caliber, it is fairly easy to get tripped up.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tripped gathered in one view.
(intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tripped.
verb
Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
verb
(intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
verb
(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
verb
(intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
Example sentences
And if the programmer were anything but of the highest caliber, it is fairly easy to get tripped up.
You won't know that hundreds of people will get tripped up until you have a reasonable sample.
You still pay the cost and can be tripped up by nasty GC performance.
He couldn't sell the ice-cream because the freezer power was cut the night before when a cleaner accidentally tripped the power cord.
Went over well with one Fedora Alpha (lucky for them) where said timer tripped on the post distro upgrade house cleaning unit.
I called the fire marshall then tripped all the circuit breakers then unplugged every electrical cord in the place.
Am I the only one that got tripped up by the wording of the second question?
It's easy for people to get tripped up by their own ideologies and lose site of the time period that the Civil War occurred in.
Unfortunately they had a test that I did not, so my code tripped an assertion.
I understand Jeff's point, but this post tripped my false dichotomy alarm: A.
Case in point which tripped me up recently.
I don't care what people do behind close doors - but I don't like the idea of being guilt-tripped to show enthusiasm about any political idea.
Quote examples
I think people are getting tripped up on the difference between "fictional" and...
I recently tripped over this when I created a "reason.h" and discovered that Windows had a file of the same name deep inside MFC.
> For example, in new age communities, "triggered" is used very frequently to mean that someone's personal ego wires have been tripped What does a religious movement have to do with this?
For example, in new age communities, "triggered" is used very frequently to mean that someone's personal ego wires have been tripped -- and in fact the reason the word is used is because it's understood that "being triggered" is not that big a deal, it's part of being human, and one may get very upset in the moment but with perspective one sees it's fine.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tripped in a sentence?
And if the programmer were anything but of the highest caliber, it is fairly easy to get tripped up.
What does tripped mean?
Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
What part of speech is tripped?
tripped is commonly used as verb.