# trippant

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Represented as walking or trotting, usually with one of the forehooves lifted while the remaining three are on the ground.

## Etymology
From trip + -ant, alteration of tripping, present participle of trip. Compare Scots trippand (“tripping”), present participle of trip (“to skip, go nimbly, trip”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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