trip

Fetched 2026-10-27 (live).

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Noun

1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
   • beach trip, camping trip, fishing trip, school trip, shopping trip
   • We make annual trips to the museum.
   • I took a weekend trip to Seville.
   • They have been on a trip since last month.
   • He went on a trip to the drug store.
   • He had a strange trip after taking LSD.
2. A short outing for a specified purpose.
   • He went on a trip to the drug store.
3. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
   • He had a strange trip after taking LSD.
4. An unusual or remarkable experience.
   • I had a weird experience, it was quite the trip.
   • ego trip
   • power trip
   • nostalgia trip
   • guilt trip
   • His whole celebrity trip made it hard to relate to him.
   • He's on a health-food trip.
5. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
   • ego trip
   • power trip
   • nostalgia trip
   • guilt trip
6. A lifestyle; a preoccupation.
   • His whole celebrity trip made it hard to relate to him.
   • He's on a health-food trip.
7. A stumble or misstep.
   • He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.
8. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing; a wrestling move in which an opponent is tripped.
9. A faux pas, a social error.
10. An error; a failure; a mistake.
11. A trip-switch; a cut-out.
    • It's dark because the trip operated.
    • His trip of the switch activated the mechanism.
12. The action of activating or deactivating a switch or trigger.
    • His trip of the switch activated the mechanism.
13. A group of animals, most traditionally goats and hares.
14. Senses relating to a deliberate motion. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).
15. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
16. A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).

Verb

1. To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
   • Be careful not to trip on those tree roots. You tripped over the cat and fell downstairs just last week.
2. To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
   • A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
3. To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
4. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
5. To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
   • When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
6. To be activated, as by a signal or an event
   • The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.
7. Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
8. To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
   • After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
9. To journey, to make a trip.
   • Last summer, we tripped to the coast.
10. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
11. To raise (an anchor) from the sea bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
12. To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
13. To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption. To act foolishly or irrationally.
14. To act foolishly or irrationally.

Adjective

1. Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).

Noun

1. A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
2. A troop of men; a host.
3. A flock of wigeons.

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