Trip
WordNet
noun
(1) An unintentional but embarrassing blunder
"He recited the whole poem without a single trip"
"He arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"
"Confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
(2) A light or nimble tread
"He heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
(3) A journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
"He took a trip to the shopping center"
(4) A catch mechanism that acts as a switch
"The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
(5) An exciting or stimulating experience
(6) An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
"He blamed his slip on the ice"
"The jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
(7) A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
"An acid trip"
verb
(8) Get high, stoned, or drugged
"He trips every weekend"
(9) Put in motion or move to act
"Trigger a reaction"
"Actuate the circuits"
(10) Make a trip for pleasure
(11) Miss a step and fall or nearly fall
"She stumbled over the tree root"
(12) Cause to stumble
"The questions on the test tripped him up"
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Etymology
From from a Low Franconian source: compare Middle Dutch , Middle Low German (Danish ), Frisian .
Noun
- A journey.
- We made a trip to the beach.
- A stumble or misstep.
- He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.
- A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
- He had a strange trip after taking LSD.
- A faux pas, a social error.
Verb
- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.
- Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.
- To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.
- A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
- 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.
- 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.
- To journey, to make a trip.
- Last somewhere we tripped to the coast.