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Trip
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- 1 Of or relating to trips (three of a kind). not-comparable, slang
- 1 A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
"We made a trip to the beach."
- 2 A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc. Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete
- 3 an unintentional but embarrassing blunder wordnet
- 4 A stumble or misstep.
"He was injured due to a trip down the stairs."
- 5 A troop of men; a host. obsolete
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- 6 a light or nimble tread wordnet
- 7 An error; a failure; a mistake. archaic, figuratively
"Imperfect words, with childish trips."
- 8 A flock of wigeons.
- 9 a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) wordnet
- 10 A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations. colloquial
"He had a strange trip after taking LSD."
- 11 a catch mechanism that acts as a switch wordnet
- 12 Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition. broadly
"ego trip"
- 13 an exciting or stimulating experience wordnet
- 14 A faux pas, a social error.
- 15 an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall wordnet
- 16 A mechanical cutout device.
- 17 a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs wordnet
- 18 A trip-switch or cut-out.
"It's dark because the trip operated."
- 19 A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
"His heart bounded as he sometimes could distinctly hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door."
- 20 The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
"It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground."
- 21 A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).
- 1 To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot intransitive
"Be careful not to trip on those tree roots. You tripped over the cat and fell downstairs just last week."
- 2 get high, stoned, or drugged wordnet
- 3 To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them. sometimes, transitive
"A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away."
- 4 put in motion or move to act wordnet
- 5 To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc intransitive
"And the Pharasay / Then durst nothynge say, / But let the matter slyp, / And made truth to tryp;"
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- 6 make a trip for pleasure wordnet
- 7 To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. obsolete, transitive
"These her women can trip me if I err."
- 8 miss a step and fall or nearly fall wordnet
- 9 To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch. transitive
"When we get into the factory, trip the lights."
- 10 cause to stumble wordnet
- 11 To be activated, as by a signal or an event intransitive
"The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic."
- 12 Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
"From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h."
- 13 To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs. intransitive
"After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors."
- 14 To journey, to make a trip. intransitive
"Last summer, we tripped to the coast."
- 15 To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip. dated, intransitive
"Come, and trip it, as ye go, / On the light fantastic toe."
- 16 To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
- 17 To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
- 18 To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption. slang
"If she ain't with it, I find another little chick / I'm quick to switch, even when I was six / I had a backup bitch, when my bitch would trip / I'd go play with my other girlfriend and get me a kiss / And at the age of thirty-six I'm to the same old tricks"
- 19 To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.; To act foolishly or irrationally. slang
Etymology
From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp.
From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp.
From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp.
From Middle English tryppe, from Old French trippe. Possibly related to troop.
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