Sekirov Dictionary

trip

/tɹɪp/

noun 18
verb 14
adjective 1
forms 6
phrases 7

noun18

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an act of going somewhere and coming back, often for a short time
- We make annual trips to the museum.
- I took a weekend trip to Seville.
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A short outing for a specified purpose.
- He went on a trip to the drug store.
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A stumble or misstep.
- He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.
A faux pas, a social error.
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An unusual or remarkable experience.
- I had a weird experience, it was quite the trip.
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(informal) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
- He had a strange trip after taking LSD.
Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
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A lifestyle; a preoccupation.
- His whole celebrity trip made it hard to relate to him.
- He's on a health-food trip.
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The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing; a wrestling move in which an opponent is tripped.
- It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. — 1661
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A trip-switch; a cut-out.
- It's dark because the trip operated.
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The action of activating or deactivating a switch or trigger.
- His trip of the switch activated the mechanism.
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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. — 1814
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A group of animals, most traditionally goats and hares.
- It's not something you see every day: Virginia State Police (VSP) found themselves dealing with "baaaa-d" behavior with a trip of goats on the side of Interstate 64 in Chesapeake. — 2024
A flock of wigeons.
A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).
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(figurative, no longer used) An error; a failure; a mistake.
- Imperfect words, with childish trips. — 1671
(dialect, no longer used) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
(no longer used) A troop of men; a host.

verb14

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To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- Be careful not to trip on those tree roots. You tripped over the cat and fell downstairs just last week.
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To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
- A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
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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.
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To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.
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Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
- The 25kV had repeatedly tripped and the two had split from a larger group to operate an overhead line isolating switch. — 2023
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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.
(slang) To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
(slang) To act foolishly or irrationally.
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To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- And the Pharasay / Then durst nothynge say, / But let the matter slyp, / And made truth to tryp — 1503
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(old-fashioned) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
- Come, and trip it, as ye go, / On the light fantastic toe. — 1645
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To journey, to make a trip.
- Last summer, we tripped to the coast.
To raise (an anchor) from the sea bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
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(no longer used) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
- These her women can trip me if I err. — 1611

adjective1

(slang) Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).

forms

tripped · tript · tripping · trippeth · trips · trippest

Phrases with trip

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