The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TRIPPING which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 1999.
Losing one's footing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRIPPING | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Losing one's footing
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tripping
- trip
- fell
- slip
- lurch
- slipped
- slipping
- slips
- teme
- term
- terms
- balance
Crossword Answer definitions
TRIPPING verb- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- (sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them
- To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
- To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
- To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
- To journey, to make a trip
- To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
- To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
- To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
- (most commonly used in the form tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption
- The act of one who trips.
- Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
- Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
- Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
- Saying crazy things.
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