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Trip   /trɪp/   Listen
Trip

noun
1.
A journey for some purpose (usually including the return).
2.
A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs.
3.
An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall.  Synonym: slip.  "The jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
4.
An exciting or stimulating experience.  Synonym: head trip.
5.
A catch mechanism that acts as a switch.  Synonym: tripper.
6.
A light or nimble tread.
7.
An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.  Synonyms: misstep, stumble, trip-up.  "He arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later" , "Confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
verb
(past & past part. tripped; pres. part. tripping)
1.
Miss a step and fall or nearly fall.  Synonym: stumble.
2.
Cause to stumble.  Synonym: trip up.
3.
Make a trip for pleasure.  Synonyms: jaunt, travel.
4.
Put in motion or move to act.  Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off.  "Actuate the circuits"
5.
Get high, stoned, or drugged.  Synonyms: get off, trip out, turn on.



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"Trip" Quotes from Famous Books



... taking a little trip. Only ten days," he added, seeing her face. "You could house-clean my office while I'm away. You know you've been ...
— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... good-sized fish in the bottom of the canoe," Harold replied. "Fortunately we caught more than I could carry, and I intended to make a second trip from the house for these. I am afraid we shall not be able to cook them, for the Indians can see smoke any distance. If the worst comes to the worst we must eat them raw, but we are sure to find some berries in the wood to-morrow. Now, dear, you had ...
— True to the Old Flag - A Tale of the American War of Independence • G. A. Henty
... the promise of three times what the trip was worth, induced Harris to change his mind. He stepped into the mail cart, and having stopped at the post-office to leave the bag, and at the stable to change the cart for a sleigh, they finally set out on ...
— The Burglar and the Blizzard • Alice Duer Miller
... of roots we set out for the village of Tunnachemootoolt; our rout lay through an open plain course S. 35 E. and distance 16 ms. the road was slippery and the snow clogged to the horses feet, and caused them to trip frequently. the mud at the sources of the little ravines was deep black and well supplyed with quawmash. Drewyer turned off to the left of the road in order to hunt and did not join us this evening. at 4 in the afternoon we decended the hills ...
— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al
... returned from this trip, there again took place that ceremonious reception of our captain on board the vessel he commanded, which always had struck me ...
— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville


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