trip-trap

intj, verb — 3 senses

trip-trap

intj

1

Representing the sound of walking on a hard surface.

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.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 141:

trip-trap

verb

1

To make stomping or tapping noises while walking or running.

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.2002, Beverly Cleary, The Best of Ramona:

2

Rare To cause one to trip-trap.

Her lips parted, Freeman was suddenly triptrapping, no, she was triptrapping him, and then they were triptrapping together […]2014, Scott Nicholson, The Home: A Supernatural Thriller:

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