Etymograph

English

Tripgate

From trip + -gate.

Formed from trip + -gate

Middle English trippen ‘to step lightly, skip’

English trip

Today it means

name A 2010 controversy involving an NFL game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, in which the Jets' coach Sal Alosi tripped Dolphins gunner Nolan Carroll as he ran down the Jets sideline.

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