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Trip

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Noun

1. trip

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

Example Sentences:
'he took a trip to the shopping center'

2. trip

a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs

Example Sentences:
'an acid trip'

3. slip, trip

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

Example Sentences:
'he blamed his slip on the ice'
'the jolt caused many slips and a few spills'

4. head trip, trip

an exciting or stimulating experience

5. trip, tripper

a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

Example Sentences:
'the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water'

6. trip

a light or nimble tread

Example Sentences:
'he heard the trip of women's feet overhead'

7. misstep, stumble, trip, trip-up

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Example Sentences:
'he recited the whole poem without a single trip'
'he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later'
'confusion caused his unfortunate misstep'

Verb

8. stumble, trip

miss a step and fall or nearly fall

Example Sentences:
'She stumbled over the tree root'

9. trip, trip up

cause to stumble

Example Sentences:
'The questions on the test tripped him up'

10. jaunt, travel, trip

make a trip for pleasure

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

put in motion or move to act

Example Sentences:
'trigger a reaction'
'actuate the circuits'

12. get off, trip, trip out, turn on

get high, stoned, or drugged

Example Sentences:
'He trips every weekend'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Trip

see synonyms of trip
noun
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. Also called: tripper
a. 
any catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch
b. 
(as modifier)
trip button
8. 
a surge in the conditions of a chemical or other automatic process resulting in an instability
9. informal
a hallucinogenic drug experience
10. informal
any stimulating, profound, etc, experience
verbWord forms: trips, tripping or tripped
11. (often foll by up, or when intr, by on or over)
to stumble or cause to stumble
12. 
to make or cause to make a mistake or blunder
13. (transitive; often foll by up)
to trap or catch in a mistake
14. (intransitive)
to go on a short tour or journey
15. (intransitive)
to move or tread lightly
16. (intransitive) informal
to experience the effects of LSD or any other hallucinogenic drug
17.  trip a switch

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Trip

see synonyms of trip
adjective
designating or of any of several high-strength, highly ductile steel alloys containing chromium, molybdenum, nickel, and carbon
verb intransitiveWord forms: tripped or ˈtripping
1. 
to walk, run, or dance with light, rapid steps; skip; caper
2. 
to stumble, esp. by catching the foot
3. 
to make a false step, inaccuracy, or mistake; err
4. 
to falter in speaking
5. 
to run past the pallet of the escapement without catching
said of a tooth of the escapement wheel of a watch
6.  Rare
to take a trip; journey
7.  US, Slang
to experience a trip (sense 19)
verb transitive
8. 
to make stumble, esp. by catching the foot
sometimes with up
9. 
a. 
to cause to make a false step or mistake
b. 
to cause to fail or stop; obstruct
10. 
to catch (a person) in a lie, error, etc.
often with up
11. 
a. 
to release (a spring, wheel, or other mechanical part), as by the action of a detent
b. 
to start or operate (a mechanism) by this
12.  Rare
to perform (a dance) lightly and nimbly
13.  Nautical
a. 
to raise (an anchor) clear of the bottom
b. 
to tilt (a yard) into position for lowering
c. 
to raise (an upper mast) so that the fid may be removed before lowering
noun
14. 
a light, quick tread
15. 
a. 
a traveling from one place to another; journey, esp. a short one; excursion, jaunt, etc.
b. 
a going to a place and returning
made three trips to the kitchen
16. 
a. 
a stumble
b. 
a maneuver for causing someone to stumble or fall, as by catching the foot
17. 
a mistake; blunder
18. 
a. 
any mechanical contrivance for tripping a part, as a pawl
b. 
its action
19.  US, Slang
a. 
an experience or period of euphoria, hallucinations, etc. induced by a psychedelic drug, esp. LSD
b. 
an experience that is pleasing, exciting, unusual, etc.
c. 
any activity, mode of conduct, state of mind, etc.
a spiritual trip

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Trip

see synonyms of trip
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.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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