trip (trɪp
)
Definitions
noun
- an outward and return journey, often for a specific purpose
- any tour, journey, or voyage
- a false step; stumble
- any slip or blunder
- a light step or tread
- a manoeuvre or device to cause someone to trip
tripper - any catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch
- ((as modifier) ⇒
trip button
- a surge in the conditions of a chemical or other automatic process resulting in an instability
- informal a hallucinogenic drug experience
- informal any stimulating, profound, etc, experience
verb
Word forms: trips, tripping, tripped
- up, or when intr, by on or over to stumble or cause to stumble
- to make or cause to make a mistake or blunder
- (tr) up to trap or catch in a mistake
- (intr) to go on a short tour or journey
- (intr) to move or tread lightly
- (intr) informal to experience the effects of LSD or any other hallucinogenic drug
- (tr)
- to activate (a mechanical trip)
- See trip a switch
See also
trip outAlternative Forms
ˈtrippingly adverbWord Origin
C14: from Old French triper to tread, of Germanic origin; related to Low German trippen to stamp, Middle Dutch trippen to walk trippingly, trepelen to trampleSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations
- British English:
trip
A trip is a journey that you make to a place and back again.We went out on a day trip.trɪp NOUN We went out on a day trip.
- Spanish:
viaje
nm
- French:
trajet
nm
- German:
Reise
nf
- Chinese: 旅程 n
- Arabic: رِحْلَة n
- Portuguese: viagem nf
- Russian: путешествие nnt
- Croatian: put nm
- Czech: výlet nm
- Danish: rejse nutr
- Dutch: reisje nnt
- Finnish: matka n
- Greek: ταξίδι αναψυχής nnt
- Italian: viaggio nm
- Japanese: 旅行 n
- Korean: 여행 n
- Norwegian: tur nm
- Polish: podróż nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: viagem nf
- European Spanish:
viaje
nm
- Swedish: resa nutr
- Thai: การเดินทาง n
- Turkish: yolculuk n
- Vietnamese: chuyến đi n
- British English:
trip
If you trip when you are walking, you knock your foot against something and fall or nearly fall.She tripped and fell last night and broke her hip.trɪp VERB She tripped and fell last night and broke her hip.
- Spanish:
tropezar
v
- French:
trébucher
vi
- German:
stolpern
v
- Chinese: 绊倒 v
- Arabic: يُعَثِّرُ v
- Portuguese: tropeçar v
- Russian: путешествовать v
- Croatian: spotaknuti v
- Czech: zakopnout v zakopávat
- Danish: snuble v
- Dutch: struikelen v
- Finnish: kompastua v
- Greek: σκουντουφλώ v
- Italian: inciampare v
- Japanese: つまずく v
- Korean: 걸려 넘어지게 하다 v
- Norwegian: utløse v
- Polish: potknąć się v potykać się
- Brazilian Portuguese: tropeçar v
- European Spanish:
tropezar
v
- Swedish: snubbla v
- Thai: สะดุด v
- Turkish: ayağı takılmak v
- Vietnamese: vấp v
Usage examples
She went to lunch with your wife and your wife told her she'd been here on a quick business trip some years ago.
, YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)TRAVEL TIPS From the basics of packing to booking tickets and valet parking, we reveal you the secrets of an hassle-free trip.
Country Life (2004)But her owner Gerald Leigh explained: "She might make 10 furlongs but she won't make the Oaks trip.
Irish Times (2002)However, why he had trouble getting through was that Mick Kinane was nursing him to get the trip.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Twelve times a day, our two water carriers made their round trip of over three kilometres.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)