trip
adjective
1. (poker slang) Of or relating to trips.
noun
1. a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- he took a trip to the shopping center
Definition categories: act, journey, journeying
2. a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
- an acid trip
Definition categories: state, hallucination
3. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
Similar word(s): slip
Definition categories: event, misadventure, mischance, mishap
4. an exciting or stimulating experience
Definition categories: event, experience
5. a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
- the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
Similar word(s): tripper
Definition categories: man–made, catch, stop
6. a light or nimble tread
- he heard the trip of women's feet overhead
Definition categories: act, step
7. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
- he recited the whole poem without a single trip
- he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
Similar word(s): misstep, stumble
Definition categories: act, bloomer, blooper, blunder, botch, bungle, flub, pratfall
Sentences with trip as a noun:
- We made a trip to the beach.
- He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.
- He had a strange trip after taking LSD.
- ego trip;
- It's dark because the trip operated.
- trip the light fantastic W
verb
1. miss a step and fall or nearly fall
Similar word(s): stumble
Definition categories: motion, move
2. cause to stumble
- The questions on the test tripped him up
Definition categories: motion
3. make a trip for pleasure
Similar word(s): jaunt, travel
Definition categories: motion
4. put in motion or move to act
Similar word(s): activate, actuate, spark, trigger
Definition categories: creation, initiate, pioneer
5. get high, stoned, or drugged
- He trips every weekend
Definition categories: consumption
Sentences with trip as a verb:
- Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.
- A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
- When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
- The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.
- After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
- Last summer we tripped to the coast.