Trip Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Trip? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Words ending with Trip, Related sentences, How to pronounce? Example sentences, Words starting with Trip, Synonyms, Antonyms, Derivations and more...

Trip meaning

Word: Trip

How to pronounce: trɪp

Verb

Definitions:

1. Catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall.

Example sentences: "He tripped over his cat"

2. Walk, run, or dance with quick light steps.

Example sentences: "They tripped up the terrace steps"

3. Activate (a mechanism), especially by contact with a switch, catch, or other electrical device.

Example sentences: "An intruder trips the alarm"

4. Release and raise (an anchor) from the seabed by means of a buoyed line attached to the anchor's crown.

Example sentences: "During the hustle of everyone getting underway someone tripped the anchor that we used to stabilize our dinghy."

5. Experience hallucinations induced by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD.

6. Go on a short journey.

Example sentences: "When tripping through the Yukon take some time to explore our museums"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An act of going to a place and returning; a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.

Example sentences: "Sally's gone on a school trip"

2. A stumble or fall due to catching one's foot on something.

Example sentences: "Trips and falls cause nearly half of all accidents"

3. A hallucinatory experience caused by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD.

4. A device that activates or disconnects a mechanism, circuit, etc.

Example sentences: "A trip mechanism"

5. A light, lively movement of a person's feet.

Example sentences: "Yonder comes Dalinda; I know her by her trip"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A flock or group of goats, sheep, or other animals.

2. A small flock of wildfowl.


Synonyms:

tour

excursion

trip ticket

sightseeing tour

travels

journey

travelling

ride

road

flight

voyage

expedition

traveling

hiking

passage

fare

peregrination

pilgrimage

travel

visit

set off

run

hike

jaunt

trek

outing

outage

fault

stumble

trip up

slip

topple

fall

trigger

shut down

actuate

activate

tumble

blunder

mistake


Antonyms:

connection

communication


Derivations:

tripping

tripper


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Trip in Other Languages...

Spanish: Viaje

German: Reise

French: Voyage

Italian: Viaggio

Turkish: Seyahat


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