trip (tr p)
n.
1. A going from one place to another; a journey.
2. A stumble or fall.
3. A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.
4. A mistake.
5. Slang
a. A hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug: an acid trip.
b. An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience: a power trip.
6. Slang
a. A usually temporary but absorbing interest or preoccupation: He's on another health food trip.
b. A certain way of life or situation: "deny that his reclusiveness is some sort of deliberate star trip" (Patricia Bosworth).
7. A light or nimble tread.
8.
a. A device, such as a pawl, for triggering a mechanism.
b. The action of such a device.
v. tripped, trip·ping, trips
v.intr.
1. To stumble.
2. To move nimbly with light rapid steps; skip.
3. To be released, as a tooth on an escapement wheel in a watch.
4. To make a trip.
5. To make a mistake: tripped up on the last question.
6. Slang To have a drug-induced hallucination.
v.tr.
Idiom:
1. To cause to stumble or fall.
2. To trap or catch in an error or inconsistency.
3. To release (a catch, trigger, or switch), thereby setting something in operation.
4. Nautical
a. To raise (an anchor) from the bottom.
b. To tip or turn (a yardarm) into a position for lowering.
c. To lift (an upper mast) in order to remove the fid before lowering.
trip the light fantastic
To dance.
[Middle English, act of tripping, from trippen, to trip, from Old French tripper, to stamp the foot, of Germanic origin.]
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trip [trɪp]
n
1. an outward and return journey, often for a specific purpose
2. any tour, journey, or voyage
3. a false step; stumble
4. any slip or blunder
5. a light step or tread
6. a manoeuvre or device to cause someone to trip
7. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called tripper
a. any catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch
b. (as modifier) trip button
8. (Chemistry) a surge in the conditions of a chemical or other automatic process resulting in an instability
9. (Law / Recreational Drugs) Informal a hallucinogenic drug experience
10. Informal any stimulating, profound, etc., experience
vb trips, tripping, tripped
1. (often foll by up, or when intr, by on or over) to stumble or cause to stumble
2. to make or cause to make a mistake or blunder
3. (tr; often foll by up) to trap or catch in a mistake
4. (intr) to go on a short tour or journey
5. (intr) to move or tread lightly
6. (Law / Recreational Drugs) (intr) Informal to experience the effects of LSD or any other hallucinogenic drug
7. (tr)
a. to activate (a mechanical trip)
b.
trip a switch to switch electric power off by moving the switch armature to disconnect the supply See also trip out
[from Old French triper to tread, of Germanic origin; related to Low German trippen to stamp, Middle Dutch trippen to walk trippingly, trepelen to trample]
trippingly adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
trip (trɪp)
n., v. tripped, trip•ping. n.
1. a traveling from one place to another; journey or voyage.
2. a journey or run made by a boat, train, or the like, between two points.
3. a single course of travel taken as part of one's duty, work, etc.: my weekly trip to the bank.
4. a stumble; misstep.
5. a sudden impeding or catching of a person's foot so as to throw the person down.
6. a slip, error, or blunder.
7. a light, nimble step or movement of the feet.
8. a projection on a moving part that strikes a control lever to stop, reverse, or control a machine, as a printing press.
9. Slang.
v.i.
a. an instance or period of being under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, esp. LSD.
b. the euphoria, hallucinations, etc., experienced during such a period.
c. a stimulating or exciting experience.
d. any experience.
e. any intense interest or preoccupation: She's been on a nostalgia trip all week.
10. to stumble: to trip on a toy.
11. to make a slip or mistake, as in conversation or conduct.
12. to step lightly or nimbly; skip.
13. to tip or tilt.
14. Slang. to be under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, esp. LSD (often fol. by out).
v.t.
15. to cause to stumble (often fol. by up).
16. to cause to fail; obstruct.
17. to cause to make a slip or error (often fol. by up).
18. to catch in a slip or error.
19. to tip or tilt.
20. to break out (a ship's anchor) by turning over or lifting from the bottom by a line attached to the crown of the anchor.
21. to operate, start, or set free (a mechanism, weight, etc.) by suddenly releasing a catch, clutch, or the like.
22. to release or operate suddenly (a catch, clutch, etc.).
Idioms:
trip the light fantastic, to go dancing.
[1350–1400; Middle English trippen to step lightly < Old French trip(p)er < Middle Dutch; compare early Dutch trippen, Dutch trippelen (frequentative with -el), akin to Old English treppan to tread]
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Trip a flock or troop; a brood or litter.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
trip
- trip - A group of goats.
- rustication - A trip to the country.
- safari - From Swahili, from Arabic safar, "journey, trip."
- supplant - Literally means "trip up," from Latin supplantare, "trip up, overthrow."
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Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  trip - a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"
flight - a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another
junket - a trip taken by an official at public expense
round trip - a trip to some place and back again
run - a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"
run - a short trip; "take a run into town"
trek - any long and difficult trip
errand - a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
service call - a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service
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| 2. |  trip - a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
hallucination - illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
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| 3. |  trip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
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| 4. |  trip - an exciting or stimulating experience
experience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
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| 5. |  trip - a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
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| 6. |  trip - a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps"
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| 7. |  trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
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| Verb | 1. |  trip - miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
founder - stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
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| 2. |  trip - cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
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| 3. |  trip - make a trip for pleasure
commute - travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
peregrinate - travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge"
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| 4. |  trip - put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
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| 5. |  trip - get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"
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trip
noun
1. journey, outing, excursion, day out, run, drive, travel, tour, spin (informal), expedition, voyage, ramble, foray, jaunt, errand, junket (informal), awayday On the Thursday we went out on a day trip.
2. stumble, fall, slip, blunder, false move, misstep, false step Slips, trips and falls were monitored using a daily calendar.
verb
1. stumble, fall, fall over, slip, tumble, topple, stagger, misstep, lose your balance, make a false move, lose your footing, take a spill She tripped and broke her hip.
2. skip, dance, spring, hop, caper, flit, frisk, gambol, tread lightly They tripped along without a care in the world.
3. (Informal) take drugs, get high (informal), get stoned (slang), get loved-up (informal), get off your face (slang), turn on (slang) One night I was tripping on acid.
4. activate, turn on, flip, release, pull, throw, engage, set off, switch on He set the timer, then tripped the switch.
trip someone up catch out, trap, confuse, unsettle, disconcert, throw you off, wrongfoot, put you off your stride Your own lies will trip you up.
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Translations
trip (trip) – past tense, past participle tripped – verb
trip →
1. (often with up or over) to (cause to) catch one's foot and stumble or fall. She tripped and fell; She tripped over the carpet.
2. to walk with short, light steps. She tripped happily along the road.
noun
a journey or tour. She went on / took a trip to Paris.
ˈtripper noun
a person who has made a journey for pleasure. The resort was full of trippers.
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