Trip

/tɹɪp/ · noun

Meaning

A journey; an excursion or jaunt..

Definitions by Sense

1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
2. A stumble or misstep.
3. (figurative, archaic) An error; a failure; a mistake.
4. (colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
5. (by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
6. A faux pas, a social error.
7. (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
8. (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.

Example Sentences

We made a trip to the beach.

I took a weekend trip to Seville.

I sold my horse and took a trip to Ceylon and back on an Orient boat as a passenger,

We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.

He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

Imperfect words, with childish trips.

Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.

He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

Synonyms for trip

Antonyms for trip

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Word Forms

• trips
• tripping
• tripped

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