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Definition of Trip
1. Noun. A journey for some purpose (usually including the return). "He took a trip to the shopping center"
Generic synonyms: Journey, Journeying
2. Verb. Miss a step and fall or nearly fall. "Sam and Sue trip"; "She stumbled over the tree root"
Generic synonyms: Move
Specialized synonyms: Founder
Entails: Walk
Derivative terms: Stumbler, Tripper
3. Noun. A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs. "An acid trip"
4. Verb. Cause to stumble. "The questions on the test tripped him up"
5. Noun. An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall. "The jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
Specialized synonyms: Fall, Spill, Tumble
Generic synonyms: Misadventure, Mischance, Mishap
6. Verb. Make a trip for pleasure.
Causes: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Junket, Junketeer, Travel To, Visit, Journey, Travel, Ply, Run, Commute, Peregrinate
Derivative terms: Jaunt, Traveler, Traveller, Tripper
7. Noun. An exciting or stimulating experience.
8. Verb. Put in motion or move to act. "Actuate the circuits"
Causes: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Generic synonyms: Initiate, Pioneer
Derivative terms: Activation, Act, Actuation, Actuator, Spark, Trigger, Tripper
9. Noun. A catch mechanism that acts as a switch. "The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
10. Verb. Get high, stoned, or drugged. "He trips every weekend"
11. Noun. A light or nimble tread. "He heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
12. Noun. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder. "Confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
Generic synonyms: Bloomer, Blooper, Blunder, Boner, Boo-boo, Botch, Bungle, Flub, Foul-up, Fuckup, Pratfall
Derivative terms: Stumble, Trip Up, Trip Up
Definition of Trip
1. v. i. 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. v. t. 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.
3. n. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
Definition of Trip
1. to stumble [v TRIPPED, TRIPPING, TRIPS] - See also: stumble
Medical Definition of Trip
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1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. "His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door." (Sir W. Scott)
2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt. "I took a trip to London on the death of the queen." (Pope)
3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. An error; a failure; a mistake. "Imperfect words, with childish trips." (Milton) "Each seeming trip, and each digressive start." (Harte)
4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. "A trip of cheese."
5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing. "And watches with a trip his foe to foil." (Dryden) "It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground." (South)
6. A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
8. A troop of men; a host.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trip
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