overtrip
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To move where another is also moving or occur at the same time as another is occurring; to fail to coordinate (with)
verb
To be oversensitive in triggering a fail-safe mechanism, especially to incorrectly activate or trip a circuit breaker.
noun
An instance of overtripping.
Example Sentences
- "She does not ride rough shod over people, but she gently overtrips them with her little pointed French heels, and leaves wounds in all the hearts that have opened to receive her."
- "In such a night did Thisbe fearfully overtrip the dew , and saw the lion's shadow ere himself, and ran dismay'd away"
- "I overtripped thy feelers far outstretched And fell , kerwhango , down upon my head , Raising a scar that time can ne'er efface !"
- "The tassel of the hearth-rug has flung down the bass-drum, and he and his dapple-grey horse lie overtripped, slipped out of line, with the little lead drumsticks glistening to the fire's shine."
- "Shot—Who shoots?—Blood? Sulfur—Feet overtrip— Legs overrush — Blood— Fear—Chase— Fly— Yell—"
- "MY selul Zabia, whose rhythm in walking and mine in swaying had reached together a degree of harmony sufficient to establish peace between us, threaded her way through the tuberosities of the plain without overtripping, or disturbing my sleep."
Etymology
From over- + trip.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over