TRIP

trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep

(noun) 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”

trip

(noun) a light or nimble tread; “he heard the trip of women’s feet overhead”

trip

(noun) a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); “he took a trip to the shopping center”

tripper, trip

(noun) a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; “the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water”

trip, head trip

(noun) an exciting or stimulating experience

slip, trip

(noun) an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; “he blamed his slip on the ice”; “the jolt caused many slips and a few spills”

trip

(noun) a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; “an acid trip”

trip, trip out, turn on, get off

(verb) get high, stoned, or drugged; “He trips every weekend”

trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off

(verb) put in motion or move to act; “trigger a reaction”; “actuate the circuits”

travel, trip, jaunt

(verb) make a trip for pleasure

stumble, trip

(verb) miss a step and fall or nearly fall; “She stumbled over the tree root”

trip, trip up

(verb) cause to stumble; “The questions on the test tripped him up”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

trip (plural trips)

a journey; an excursion or jaunt

a stumble or misstep

(figurative) an error; a failure; a mistake

a period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations

a faux pas, a social error

intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition

(engineering) a mechanical cutout device

(electricity) a trip-switch or cut-out

a quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip

(obsolete) a small piece; a morsel; a bit

the act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing

(nautical) a single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward

Hyponyms

• bad trip

• boat trip

• business trip

• day trip

• ego trip

• fam trip

• field trip

• guilt trip

• head trip

• pleasure trip

• power trip

• road trip

• round trip

• school trip

Verb

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

(intransitive) to fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot

(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them

(intransitive) to be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc

(transitive, obsolete) to detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict

(transitive) to activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch

(intransitive) to be activated, as by a signal or an event

(intransitive) to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs

(intransitive) to journey, to make a trip

(intransitive, dated) to move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip

(nautical) to raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free

(nautical) to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it

(slang, African-American Vernacular, most commonly used in the form tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption

Adjective

trip (not comparable)

(poker slang) of or relating to trips

Etymology 2

Noun

trip (plural trips)

(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) a herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.

(obsolete) a troop of men; a host

a flock of wigeons

Anagrams

• ript

Source: Wiktionary

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Trip, n. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tripping.] Etym: [OE. trippen; akin to D. trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See Tramp.]

1. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5. This horse anon began to trip and dance. Chaucer. Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe. Milton. She bounded by, and tripped so light They had not time to take a steady sight. Dryden.

2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.

3. To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.

4. Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail. "Till his tongue trip." Locke. A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble. South. Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure. Dryden. What dost thou verily trip upon a word R. Browning.

Trip, v. t.

1. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling. The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of his cause. Abp. Bramhall.

2. Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail. To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword. Shak.

3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. [R.] These her women can trip me if I err. Shak.

4. (Naut.) (a) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free. (b) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

5. (Mach.)

Definition: To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.

Trip, n.

1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. Sir W. Scott.

2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt. I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. Pope.

3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake. Imperfect words, with childish trips. Milton. Each seeming trip, and each digressive start. Harte.

4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. [Obs.] "A trip of cheese." Chaucer.

5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing. And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Dryden. It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South.

6. (Naut.)

Definition: A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Scott.]

8. A troop of men; a host. [Obs.] Robert of Brunne.

9. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A flock of widgeons.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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