tripping
v.v. acting crazy, overreacting, or being wrong about something. You use this when someone is making a big deal out of nothing or saying things that don't make sense.
v. behaving in an irrational, overly emotional, or delusional manner. In modern slang, it describes a person who is overreacting to a situation or making an incorrect assumption.
You are tripping if you think I'm going to pay that much.
He was totally tripping when he accused me of stealing his phone, but then he found it in his pocket.
The manager was tripping over a minor typo in the report, acting as if the entire project had been compromised by a single misplaced comma.
Used in the continuous form ('tripping') rather than the simple present; often followed by 'if' or 'about'.
You trip if you think that.You are tripping if you think that.In this slang sense, the word is almost exclusively used in the progressive aspect to describe a current state of irrationality.