trip

Nouns

• (n) a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
  • he took a trip to the shopping center
• (n) a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
  • an acid trip
• (n) an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
  • he blamed his slip on the ice
  • the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
  slip,
• (n) an exciting or stimulating experience head trip,
• (n) a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
  • the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
  tripper,
• (n) a light or nimble tread
  • he heard the trip of women's feet overhead
• (n) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
  • he recited the whole poem without a single trip
  • he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
  • confusion caused his unfortunate misstep
  misstep, trip-up, stumble,

Verbs

• (v) miss a step and fall or nearly fall
  • She stumbled over the tree root
  stumble,
• (v) cause to stumble
  • The questions on the test tripped him up
  trip up,
• (v) make a trip for pleasure jaunt, travel,
• (v) put in motion or move to act
  • trigger a reaction
  • actuate the circuits
  activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off,
• (v) get high, stoned, or drugged
  • He trips every weekend
  trip out, turn on, get off,

Synonyms

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