Past tense of trip
regular verb
The past tense of trip is tripped. The past participle is also tripped.
Forms of trip
| Base form (V1) | trip /tɹɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tripped /tɹɪpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | tripped /tɹɪpt/ |
| Present participle | tripping /ˈtɹɪpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | trips /tɹɪps/ |
Tripped in a sentence
- Be careful not to trip on those tree roots. You tripped over the cat and fell downstairs just last week.
- The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.
- The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header.From the entry header
- When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers-by helped him up.From the entry passer-by
- He tripped and fell on the banked corners of the road.From the entry banked
Meaning of trip
- noun A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- noun A short outing for a specified purpose.
- noun A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
Questions about the past tense of trip
- What is the past tense of trip?
- The past tense of trip is tripped.
- What is the past participle of trip?
- The past participle of trip is tripped.
- Is trip a regular or irregular verb?
- Trip is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trip (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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