trip
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[ trip ]
/ trɪp /
noun
verb (used without object), tripped, trip·ping.
verb (used with object), tripped, trip·ping.
Idioms for trip
lay a trip on, Slang.
to inflict one's preoccupations or obsessions on (another person): Mother's been trying to lay a guilt trip on me about leaving home.
trip the light fantastic, Facetious.
to go dancing.
Origin of trip
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1350–1400; 1960–65
for def 12; Middle English
trippen to step lightly < Old French
trip(p)er < Middle Dutch; compare early Dutch
trippen, Dutch
trippelen (frequentative with
-el), akin to Old English
treppan to tread
SYNONYMS FOR trip
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excursion,
tour,
jaunt,
junket.
Trip,
expedition,
journey,
pilgrimage,
voyage are terms for a course of travel made to a particular place, usually for some specific purpose.
Trip is the general word, indicating going any distance and returning, by walking or any means of locomotion, for either business or pleasure, and in either a hurried or a leisurely manner:
a trip to Europe; a vacation trip; a bus trip. An
expedition, made often by an organized company, is designed to accomplish a specific purpose:
an archaeological expedition.
Journey indicates a trip of considerable length, wholly or mainly by land, for business or pleasure or other reasons, and is now applied to travel that is more leisurely or more fatiguing than a trip; a return is not necessarily indicated:
the long journey to Tibet. A
pilgrimage is made as to a shrine, from motives of piety or veneration:
a pilgrimage to Lourdes. A
voyage is travel by water or air, usually for a long distance and for business or pleasure; if by water, leisure is indicated:
a voyage around the world.
7 lapse, oversight.
14 bungle, blunder, err.
OTHER WORDS FROM trip
un·tripped, adjectiveWords nearby trip
Definition for trip (2 of 2)
trip
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[ trip ]
/ trɪp /
noun British Dialect.
a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock.
Origin of trip
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1275–1325; Middle English; apparently special use of
trip1 in the sense of a group moving together, hence gang, flock
Example sentences from the Web for trip
British Dictionary definitions for trip
trip
/ (trɪp) /
noun
verb trips, tripping or tripped
See also
trip out
Derived forms of trip
trippingly, adverbWord Origin for trip
C14: from Old French
triper to tread, of Germanic origin; related to Low German
trippen to stamp, Middle Dutch
trippen to walk trippingly,
trepelen to trample
Idioms and Phrases with trip
trip