Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trip-trap

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: trip--trap
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Representing the sound of walking on a hard surface.

verb

To make stomping or tapping noises while walking or running.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause one to trip-trap.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"Her lips parted, Freeman was suddenly triptrapping, no, she was triptrapping him, and then they were triptrapping together […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

triptrap (alternative) trip trap (alternative) trip-traps (present, singular) trip-trapping (participle, present) trip-trapped (participle, past) trip-trapped (past)

Questions

What does trip-trap mean?: Representing the sound of walking on a hard surface.

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