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trip

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trip  (trp)
n.
1. A going from one place to another; a journey.
2. A stumble or fall.
3. A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.
4. A mistake.
5. Slang
a. A hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug: an acid trip.
b. An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience: a power trip.
6. Slang
a. A usually temporary but absorbing interest or preoccupation: He's on another health food trip.
b. A certain way of life or situation: "deny that his reclusiveness is some sort of deliberate star trip" (Patricia Bosworth).
7. A light or nimble tread.
8.
a. A device, such as a pawl, for triggering a mechanism.
b. The action of such a device.
v. tripped, trip·ping, trips
v.intr.
1. To stumble.
2. To move nimbly with light rapid steps; skip.
3. To be released, as a tooth on an escapement wheel in a watch.
4. To make a trip.
5. To make a mistake: tripped up on the last question.
6. Slang To have a drug-induced hallucination.
v.tr.
1. To cause to stumble or fall.
2. To trap or catch in an error or inconsistency.
3. To release (a catch, trigger, or switch), thereby setting something in operation.
4. Nautical
a. To raise (an anchor) from the bottom.
b. To tip or turn (a yardarm) into a position for lowering.
c. To lift (an upper mast) in order to remove the fid before lowering.
Idiom:
trip the light fantastic
To dance.

[Middle English, act of tripping, from trippen, to trip, from Old French tripper, to stamp the foot, of Germanic origin.]

trip
Noun
1. a journey to a place and back, esp. for pleasure: they took a coach trip round the island
2. a false step; stumble
3. the act of causing someone to stumble or fall by catching his or her foot with one's own
4. Informal a hallucinogenic drug experience
5. a catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch
Verb
[tripping, tripped]
1. Also: (trip up) to stumble or cause (someone) to stumble
2. Also: (trip up) to trap or catch (someone) in a mistake
3. to walk lightly and quickly, with a dancelike motion: I could see Amelia tripping along beside him
4. Informal to experience the effects of a hallucinogenic drug [Old French triper to tread]

Trip a flock or troop; a brood or litter.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.triptrip - a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"
flight - a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another
junket - a trip taken by an official at public expense
round trip - a trip to some place and back again
run - a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time"
run - a short trip; "take a run into town"
trek - any long and difficult trip
errand - a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
service call - a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service
2.triptrip - a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
hallucination - illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
3.triptrip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
fall, tumble, spill - a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
misadventure, mischance, mishap - an instance of misfortune
4.triptrip - an exciting or stimulating experience
experience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
5.triptrip - a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
catch, stop - a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
6.triptrip - a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps"
7.triptrip - 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"
blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake
Verb1.triptrip - miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
founder - stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
2.triptrip - cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
3.triptrip - make a trip for pleasure            
junket, junketeer - go on a pleasure trip
travel to, visit - go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?"
journey, travel - undertake a journey or trip
ply, run - travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"
commute - travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
peregrinate - travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge"
4.triptrip - put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
5.triptrip - get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"

trip
noun 1. journey, outing, excursion, day out, run, drive, travel, tour, spin (informal) expedition, voyage, ramble, foray, jaunt, errand, junket (informal)
noun 2. stumble, fall, slip, blunder, false move, misstep, false step
verb 3. (often with up) stumble, fall, fall over, slip, tumble, topple, stagger, misstep, lose your balance, make a false move, lose your footing, take a spill
verb 4. skip, dance, spring, hop, caper, flit, frisk, gambol, tread lightly
verb 5. (Informal) take drugs, get high (informal) get stoned (slang) turn on (slang)
verb 6. activate, turn on, flip, release, pull, throw, engage, set off, switch on
trip someone up catch out, trap, confuse, unsettle, disconcert, throw you off, wrongfoot, put you off your stride
Translations
trip [trɪp] nviaje m (= excursion); excursión f (= stumble); traspié m
vi (= stumble) → tropezar (= go lightly); andar a paso ligero;
on a trip → de viaje
trip over vt fustropezar con
trip up vitropezar, caerse
vthacer tropezar or caer

trip [trɪp] nvoyage m (= excursion); excursion f (= stumble); faux pas
vifaire un faux pas, trébucher (= go lightly); marcher d'un pas léger;
on a trip → en voyage
trip up vitrébucher
vtfaire un croc-en-jambe à

trip [trɪp] n (journey) → Reise f;
(outing) → Ausflug m
vi (= stumble) → stolpern (= go lightly); trippeln;
on a trip → auf Reisen
trip over trip vt fusstolpern über +acc
trip up trip vistolpern
vt [+ person] → zu Fall bringen

trip [trɪp] nviaggio (= excursion); gita, escursione f (= stumble); passo falso
viinciampare (= go lightly); camminare con passo leggero;
on a trip → in viaggio
trip up viinciampare
vtfare lo sgambetto a

trip
v trip [trip]
1 (often withuporover) to (cause to) catch one's foot and stumble or fall She tripped and fell; She tripped over the carpet. struikel رِحْلَه спъвам (се) klopýtnout snuble stolpern σκοντάφτω tropezar komistama سکندری خوردن kompastua trébucher לִמעוֹד उलझकर गिरना spotaći se megbotlik menjegal hrasa inciampare つまずかせる 발이 걸려 넘어지다[] užkliūti []klupt tersandung struikelen snuble potykać się a (se) împie­dica спотыкаться spotakniti se saplesti se snubbla, snava สะดุด tökezlemek, ayağı takılmak 絆倒 спотикатися; падати, зачепившись за щось ٹھوکر کھاکر گرنا trượt
2 to walk with short, light steps She tripped happily along the road. trippel يَمْشي بِخُطى سَريعَه стъпвам леко poskakovat trippe trippeln βαδίζω με ανάλαφρα βήματα ir con paso ligero tippima گام های تند و سبک برداشتن sipsuttaa marcher d'un pas léger לָנוַּע בִּצעָדִים קַלִים खोलना cupkati, skakutati lépked berjalan trítla saltellare 軽快に歩く 경쾌하게 걷다 tipenti, kulniuoti tipināt; klidzināt berlari-lari anak huppelen trippe dreptać a merge cu paşi uşori идти вприпрыжку poskakovati skakutati trippa กระโดด sekerek yürümek 輕快地走 іти легко і швидко چھوٹے چھوٹے قدم اٹھا کر چلنا đi nhẹ
n
a journey or tour She went on / took a trip to Paris. rit, reis رِحْلَة، جَوْلَه пътешествие výlet, cesta tur der Ausflug ταξίδι viaje reis سفر matka voyage טִיוּל यात्रा kratko putovanje kirándulás, út perjalanan ferð, ferðalag viaggio, gita 旅行 (짧은) 여행 kelionė, išvyka ceļojums; brauciens pergi makan angin tocht reise, tur, utflukt wycieczka călătorie; excursie поездка výlet, cesta izlet put resa, tur, tripp การเดินทาง seyahat, gezi 旅行 подорож, мандрівка سفر، سير chuyến đi
n tripper
a person who has made a journey for pleasure The resort was full of trippers. vrolike reisigers مُتَنَزِّه، مُسْتَجِم турист turista turist der/die Ausflügler(in) εκδρομέας turista, excursionista turist مسافر turisti touriste טַייָל यात्री छोटी मोटी यात्रा करने वाले izletnik turista pelancong túristi, (skemmti)ferðamaður turista 行楽客 관광 여행자 ekskursantas, iškylautojas ekskursants; tūrists orang yg pergi makan angin toerist turist, reisende wycieczkowicz turist; excursionist турист turista izletnik putnik nöjesresenär คนเดินทาง seyahat eden kimse 旅行者 екскурсант; турист سير و سياحت کرنے والا người đi chơi 旅行


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After a brief rest at Hamburg, we made preparations for a long pedestrian trip southward in the soft spring weather, but at the last moment we changed the program, for private reasons, and took the express-train.
An' while I'm wishin', I wisht the trip was over an' done with, an' you an' me a-sittin' by the fire in Fort McGurry just about now an' playing cribbage--that's what I wisht.
The seed deal was arranged, and Martin made the trip six times back and forth, for the wagon could hold only fifty bushels.
 
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