trip

noun

1. 1

   A journey; an excursion or jaunt.

   beach trip, camping trip, fishing trip, school trip, shopping trip

   We make annual trips to the museum.

   I took a weekend trip to Seville.

   They have been on a trip since last month.

2. 2

   A journey; an excursion or jaunt. A short outing for a specified purpose.

   He went on a trip to the drug store.

3. 3

   A journey; an excursion or jaunt. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

   He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

   Unlike other accepted stimuli, from nicotine to liquor, the hallucinogens promise those who take the “trip” a magic-carpet escape from dull reality in which perceptions are heightened, sense distorted, and the imagination permanently bedazzled with ecstatic visions of teleological verity.

   We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee / We don't take our trips on LSD

4. 4

   An unusual or remarkable experience.

   I had a weird experience, it was quite the trip.

   Many of them admit to having suppressed any tendency toward homosexual behavior for the greater part of their lives—yet—denial becomes too heavy a trip after a period of time, and eventually curiosity wins out.

5. 5

   An unusual or remarkable experience. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.

   ego trip

   power trip

   nostalgia trip

   guilt trip

6. 6

   An unusual or remarkable experience. A lifestyle; a preoccupation.

   His whole celebrity trip made it hard to relate to him.

   He's on a health-food trip.

7. 7

   A stumble or misstep.

   He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

8. 8

   A stumble or misstep. 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.

   And watches with a trip his foe to foil.

9. 9

   A stumble or misstep. A faux pas, a social error.

10. 10

    archaicA stumble or misstep. An error; a failure; a mistake.

    Imperfect words, with childish trips.

    Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.

11. 11

    A trip-switch; a cut-out.

    It's dark because the trip operated.

12. 12

    A trip-switch; a cut-out. The action of activating or deactivating a switch or trigger.

    His trip of the switch activated the mechanism.

13. 13

    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.

    When humans have a problem, we usually take the necessary steps: we call a guy, who calls another guy, who knows another guy who can come fix it, right? Merely something along those lines...but what if we told you that guy was actually two dozen goats? Cue the trip of goats!... 5 of the 24 in the trip will remain here to stay for the rest of the summer to manage the plants’ growth.

    =As hounds are astonished and divided by the sudden appearance of a trip of hares starting all at once from some well-preserved patch of furze, so were the MacKenzies confused by this new expedient of their enemies.

    A trip of wolves burst from the brush, moving with unnatural speed.

14. 14

    Senses relating to a deliberate motion. 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.

15. 15

    Senses relating to a deliberate motion. A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).

verb

1. 1

   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.

   Tripping over a fallen limb, I fall flat on my face, confirming that tropical soils have all the organic cushion of macadam.

2. 2

   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.

   Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.

3. 3

   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;

   [T]ill his Tongue trips

   A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.

   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.

4. 4

   obsoleteTo detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

   These her women can trip me if I err.

5. 5

   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.

6. 6

   To be activated, as by a signal or an event

   The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.

7. 7

   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.

   The 25kV had repeatedly tripped and the two had split from a larger group to operate an overhead line isolating switch.

8. 8

   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.

   So, I went to the doctor, see what he could give me / He said, "Son, son, you've gone too far / 'Cause smokin' and trippin’ is all that you do," / Yeeeeeeaaaaaah

9. 9

   To journey, to make a trip.

   Last summer, we tripped to the coast.

10. 10

    datedTo move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.

    Come, and trip it, as ye go, / On the light fantastic toe.

    She bounded by, and tripped so light / They had not time to take a steady sight.

    A bright beautiful face glanced out at the window, and vanished—a light footstep was heard—and Mary came tripping forth to meet us.

11. 11

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

12. 12

    To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

13. 13

    slangTo become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.

    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

14. 14

    slangTo become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption. To act foolishly or irrationally.

adjective

1. 1

   slangOf or relating to trips (three of a kind).

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteA herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.

2. 2

   obsoleteA troop of men; a host.

3. 3

   A flock of wigeons.

Forms

plural

trips

past tense

tripped

past participle

tripped

present participle

tripping

third person singular

trips