trip the light fantastic toe

English

Verb

trip the light fantastic toe (third-person singular simple present trips the light fantastic toe, present participle tripping the light fantastic toe, simple past and past participle tripped the light fantastic toe)

1. Obsolete form of trip the light fantastic.
   • a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 31:

     Com, and trip it as ye go / On the light fantaſtick toe,

   • 1856 January 9, “The Softs: Grand Demonstration at the Old Wigwam, Sentiments, Speeches and Dancing”, in New-York Daily Times‎^[1], page 1:

     The venerable Sachems now returned to the ballroom, where they tripped the light fantastic toe until the hour far.