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What does trip mean?

Definitions for trip
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word trip.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. tripnoun

    a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

    "he took a trip to the shopping center"

  2. tripnoun

    a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs

    "an acid trip"

  3. slip, tripnoun

    an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

    "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

  4. trip, head tripnoun

    an exciting or stimulating experience

  5. tripper, tripnoun

    a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

    "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

  6. tripnoun

    a light or nimble tread

    "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"

  7. trip, trip-up, stumble, misstepverb

    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"

  8. stumble, tripverb

    miss a step and fall or nearly fall

    "She stumbled over the tree root"

  9. trip, trip upverb

    cause to stumble

    "The questions on the test tripped him up"

  10. travel, trip, jauntverb

    make a trip for pleasure

  11. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch offverb

    put in motion or move to act

    "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

  12. trip, trip out, turn on, get offverb

    get high, stoned, or drugged

    "He trips every weekend"

Wiktionary

  1. tripnoun

    A journey.

    We made a trip to the beach.

  2. tripnoun

    A stumble or misstep.

    He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

  3. tripnoun

    A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

    He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

  4. tripnoun

    A faux pas, a social error.

  5. tripnoun

    Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.

    ego trip; power trip; nostalgia trip; guilt trip

  6. tripnoun

    A mechanical or electrical cutout device

    It's dark cause the 'trip' operated.

  7. tripverb

    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.

  8. tripverb

    To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.

    A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

  9. tripverb

    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.

  10. tripverb

    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.

  11. tripverb

    To journey, to make a trip.

    Last somewhere we tripped to the coast.

  12. tripadjective

    Of or relating to trips.

  13. Etymology: From tripper (noun is from the verb), from a source: compare trippen, trippen (trippe), Frisian tripje.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tripnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    O thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be,
    When time hath sow’d a grizzel on thy case?
    Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow,
    That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow? William Shakespeare.

    He stript for wrestling, smears his limbs with oil,
    And watches with a trip his foe to foil. John Dryden, Georg.

    It was a noble time when trips and Cornish hugs could make a man immortal. Joseph Addison, on ancient Medals.

    He saw his way, but in so swift a pace,
    To chuse the ground might be to lose the race:
    They then, who of each trip th’ advantage take,
    Find but those faults which they want wit to make. Dryd.

    I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. Alexander Pope.

  2. To Tripverb

    Etymology: treper, Fr. trippen, Dutch.

    He conjunct
    Tripp’d me behind. William Shakespeare.

    Be you contented,
    To have a son set your decrees at naught,
    To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword
    That guards the peace and safety of your person. William Shakespeare.

    I tript up thy heels and beat thee. William Shakespeare.

    The words of Hobbes’s defence trip up the heels of his cause; I had once resolved. To resolve presupposeth deliberation, but what deliberation can there be of that which is inevitably determined by causes without ourselves. John Bramhall.

    These women
    Can trip me, if I err; who, with wet cheeks,
    Were present when she finish’d. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

  3. To Tripverb

    Virgil is so exact in every word, that none can be changed but for a worse: he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure. Dryden.

    Saint Jerome, who pardons not over-easily his adversaries, if any where they chance to trip, presseth him as thereby making all sorts of men God’s enemies. Richard Hooker, b. v.

    Many having used their utmost diligence to secure a retention of the things committed to the memory, cannot certainly know where it will trip and fail them. South.

    Will shines in mixed company, making his real ignorance appear a seeming one: our club has caught him tripping, at which times they never spare him. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 105.

    Several writers of uncommon erudition would expose my ignorance, if they caught me tripping in a matter of so great moment. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 228.

    I may have the idea of a man’s drinking till his tongue trips, yet not know that it is called drunkenness. John Locke.

    In silence sad,
    Trip we after the night’s shade. William Shakespeare.

    The old saying is, the third pays for all; the triplex, sir, is a good tripping measure. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

    He throws his arm, and with a long-drawn dash
    Blends all together; then distinctly trips
    From this to that; then quick returning skips
    And snatches this again, and pauses there. Richard Crashaw.

    On old Lycæus or Cyllene hoar,
    Trip no more in twilight ranks,
    Though Erymanth your loss deplore,
    A better soil shall give you thanks. John Milton, Arcades.

    She bounded by, and tripp’d so light,
    They had not time to take a steady sight. Dryden.

    To the garden walk she took her way,
    To sport and trip along in cool of day. Dryden.

    Stay, nymph, he cry’d, I follow not a foe;
    Thus from the lion trips the trembling doe. Dryden.

    Well thou dost to hide from common sight
    Thy close intrigues, too bad to bear the light:
    Nor doubt I, but the silver-footed dame
    Tripping from sea on such an errand came. Dryden.

    He’ll make a pretty figure in a triumph,
    And serve to trip before the victor’s chariot. Addison.

    The lower plaits of the drapery in antique figures in sculpture and painting, seem to have gathered the wind when the person is in a posture of tripping forward. Addison.

    In Britain’s isles, as Heylin notes,
    The ladies trip in petticoats. Matthew Prior.

    They gave me instructions how to slide down and trip up the steepest slopes. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Trip

    Trip is a song by English singer Ella Mai from her eponymous debut studio album. The song peaked at number 47 in the UK and number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song was written by Mai, Varren Wade, Quinton, and Dijon MacFarlane. The single became her first number one on Billboard's Rhythmic chart in its 22 December 2018 issue.

ChatGPT

  1. trip

    A trip is a journey or voyage, taken for a specific purpose such as business, leisure, exploration or tourism, that involves going from one place to another and typically includes a return to the place of departure. The duration of a trip can vary greatly, from a few hours to several weeks or even months.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trip

    to move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5

  2. Trip

    to make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe

  3. Trip

    to take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble

  4. Trip

    fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail

  5. Tripverb

    to cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling

  6. Tripverb

    fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail

  7. Tripverb

    to detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict

  8. Tripverb

    to raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free

  9. Tripverb

    to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it

  10. Tripverb

    to release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent

  11. Tripnoun

    a quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip

  12. Tripnoun

    a brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt

  13. Tripnoun

    a false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake

  14. Tripnoun

    a small piece; a morsel; a bit

  15. Tripnoun

    a stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing

  16. Tripnoun

    a single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward

  17. Tripnoun

    a herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc

  18. Tripnoun

    a troop of men; a host

  19. Tripnoun

    a flock of widgeons

Wikidata

  1. Trip

    Trip, the second album from the Filipino rock band, Rivermaya. It has 13 tracks and released under Sony BMG Music Philippines, Inc. in 1996. It is the first album that introduced Rico Blanco as the band's full time guitarist after the departure of Perf De Castro a year earlier.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Trip

    trip, v.i. to move with short, light steps: to stumble and fall: to err, to go wrong, to make a slip in chastity: to fail.—v.t. to cause to stumble by striking one's feet from under him (with up): to overthrow by taking away support: to catch: to catch in a fault: to loosen, as an anchor, from the bottom, by a long rope: to turn, as a yard, from a horizontal to a vertical position: to fold in the middle, as a deep stage-drop: to strike against:—pr.p. trip′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. tripped.—n. a light, short step: a catch by which an antagonist is thrown: one of the points in coursing, when the hare is thrown off its legs: a false step: a mistake: a short voyage or journey, a jaunt.—ns. Trip′-book, a book in which the records and accounts of the trip of a fishing-boat are made up and kept: Trip′-hamm′er, a large hammer used in forges, a tilt-hammer; Trip′per, a cheap excursionist, a tourist doing a certain round: one who stumbles or who makes another stumble; Trip′-slip (U.S.), a strip of paper on which a car-conductor must punch a hole when a fare is taken. [M. E. trippen; cog. with Dut. trippen, trappen, to tread upon, trippelen, to trip, Sw. trippa, to trip.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. trip

    An outward-bound passage or short voyage, particularly in the coasting trade. It also denotes a single board in plying to windward. Also, the movement by which an anchor is loosened from its bed and raised clear of the bottom, either by its cable or buoy-rope.--The anchor's a-trip, i.e. no longer holds.

Suggested Resources

  1. trip

    Song lyrics by trip -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by trip on the Lyrics.com website.

  2. TRIP

    What does TRIP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TRIP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TRIP

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Trip is ranked #96368 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Trip surname appeared 189 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Trip.

    80.9% or 153 total occurrences were White.
    10.5% or 20 total occurrences were Black.
    4.2% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'trip' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2306

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'trip' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2499

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'trip' in Nouns Frequency: #829

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trip in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trip in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of trip in a Sentence

  1. Dave Schwartz:

    I think a lot of times people just want to take a trip to Las Vegas, anyway, and, if anything, I think Fox News ’ll mean more people are familiar with legal sports betting so more people will do Fox News while there in Las Vegas.

  2. Made:

    Ricky See thats what I'm talking about bobby, first class. You've got to get used to this my man, you deserve it. Hey ladies, you missed out on staying at the SoHo Grand on this trip you know what I mean. Listen, I'd offer you a ride in my limo, but I got to stretch my shit out. I'm a tall drink of water, don't want to wrinkle anything.

  3. Wang Jiali:

    Once they go to school and once have own agendas, I don't know, I'm going to be heartbroken, because they're going to be like,' Oh, I don't have time to go with you on your trip,' and I'm going to be like,' Oh please ?'.

  4. Joe Biden:

    While Elon Musk is talking about that, Ford is increasing their investment overwhelmingly. I think Ford is increasing investment building new electric vehicles, 6,000 new employees -- union employees, I might add -- in the Midwest. The former Chrysler corporation... they are also making similar investments in electric vehicles. Intel is adding 20,000 new jobs making computer chips, so, President Joe Biden on Friday know, lots of luck on his trip to the moon.

  5. Alex Ryzhikov:

    If you want to just get the content, you're probably going to be okay watching online, to get the energy and excitement of being there, you make the trip.

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  • رحلةArabic
  • entrebancar-seCatalan, Valencian
  • výlet, zakopnoutCzech
  • rejseDanish
  • Drogenrausch, Reise, Trip, stolpern, AusflugGerman
  • ταξίδιGreek
  • tropezar, viaje, hacer topezarSpanish
  • retkEstonian
  • bidaiaBasque
  • سفرPersian
  • kompastus, retki, etikettivirhe, matka, huumetrippi, reissu, kömmähdys, trippi, kompastuminen, tripata, kytkeä, kampittaa, matkata, kompastua, laukaista, kampata, matkustaa, trippaillaFinnish
  • reisa, ferðFaroese
  • croc-en-jambe, faux pas, balade, trip, tour, croche-pied, voyage, bévue, enfarger, faire un croche-pied, triper, se prendre les pieds, trébucherFrench
  • cuairt, turasScottish Gaelic
  • सैर, यात्राHindi
  • kirándulás, utazásHungarian
  • viageInterlingua
  • perjalananIndonesian
  • exkursoIdo
  • reisa, ferð, för, trippaIcelandic
  • gita, viaggio, sgambetto, inciampareItalian
  • טיולHebrew
  • 陶酔感, 不謹慎, 踏み違え, 旅行, 不作法, トリップ, 旅, 無作法, 幻覚症状, 躓き, 外出, 作動, よろめく, 躓く, 転ぶJapanese
  • 여행Korean
  • iterLatin
  • hirawea, turupana, rapahuki, tukituki, tapepa, tatu, tapepe, tūtuki, hīrauMāori
  • tocht, struikelen, reisDutch
  • reise, turNorwegian
  • wycieczka, podróż, potknięciePolish
  • viagem, viajarPortuguese
  • excursie, voiaj, împiedicaRomanian
  • спотыкание, поездка, приход, путешествие, запинаться, спотыкаться, запнуться, споткнутьсяRussian
  • narkotikarus, tripp, felsteg, tur, drogrus, resa, göra en resa, snava, snubblaSwedish
  • பயணம்Tamil
  • การเดินทางThai
  • geziTurkish
  • поїздкаUkrainian
  • سفرUrdu
  • chuyến điVietnamese
  • יאַזדעYiddish
  • 旅Chinese

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