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trip
(redirected from Tripping the Light Fantastic)

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trip
1. 
a. any catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch
b. (as modifier): trip button
2. a surge in the conditions of a chemical or other automatic process resulting in an instability
3. Informal a hallucinogenic drug experience

trip [trip]
(engineering)
To release a lever or set free a mechanism.
(mining engineering)
The line of cars hauled by mules or by motor, or run on a slope, plane, or sprag road.
An automatic arrangement for dumping cars.
(ordnance)
Part of the mechanism of some firearms, released by the action of the trigger.


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The finale from Liturgies, choreographed in 1983, has the company holding hands and doing plies while tripping the light fantastic.
Not many like those today, but now, with swing dancing back in fashion, things are looking up for those who like to spend an evening dining and tripping the light fantastic.
Apparently the concept of same-sex couples tripping the light fantastic at some general's soiree sent a shiver down his spine.
 
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