trip


Definition: Meaning of, trip in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / trɪp /

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trip trips
  1. [countable] a visit to a place that involves a journey, for pleasure or a particular purpose
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  2. [countable] informal the strange mental experiences someone has when they take a drug such as LSD
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  3. [singular] American English informal a person or experience that is amusing and unusual
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  4. [countable] an act of falling as a result of hitting something with your foot
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
trip tripped tripped
Present Participle Third Person Singular
tripping trips
  1. fall also trip up [intransitive] to hit something with your foot by accident so that you fall or almost fall [=  stumble]
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  2. make somebody fall also trip up [transitive] to make someone fall by putting your foot in front of them when they are moving
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  3. switch on [transitive] to switch on a piece of electrical equipment by accident
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  4. walk/dance [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] literary to walk, run, or dance with quick light steps
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  5. trip off the tongue to be easy to say or pronounce
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  6. drug also trip out [intransitive] informal to experience the mental effects of a drug such as LSD
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  7. trip the light fantastic to dance - used humorously
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trip used in phrases

  • day trip (noun)
    1. a visit to an interesting place when you go there and come back the same day
  • ego trip (noun)
    1. if someone is on an ego trip, they think that what they do makes them more important than other people - used to show disapproval
  • field trip (noun)
    1. an occasion when students go somewhere to learn about a particular subject, especially one connected with nature or science
  • guilt trip (noun)
    1. remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence
  • head trip (noun)
    1. an exciting or stimulating experience
    2. the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure
  • ocean trip (noun)
    1. an act of travelling by water
  • pack trip (noun)
    1. American English a trip through the countryside on horses, for fun or as a sport [=  pony-trekking British English]
  • pleasure trip (noun)
    1. a journey taken for pleasure
  • power trip (noun)
    1. slang a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
  • road trip (noun)
    1. a long trip that you take in a car, usually with friends
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trip used in phrasal verbs

  • trip out (phrasal verb)
    1. to start behaving in a silly or uncontrolled way, often because you are frightened or worried
  • trip up (phrasal verb)
    1. to make a mistake, or to cause someone to make a mistake
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