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trip
Found in thesaurus: journeying, misadventure, mishap, catch, step, blooper, boner, botch, flub, fuckup, move, initiate
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trip
v.
stumble, fall; cause to stumble; make an error in conduct, blunder; walk or dance with light steps; hinder, obstruct; trigger, activate; make a journey; take hallucinogenic drugs (Slang)
n.
voyage, journey; stumble, fall; error, blunder; control lever; sensory experience caused by hallucinogenic drugs (Slang); obsession, preoccupation (Slang); intense experience
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Trip
Trip may refer to:
Common meanings
- Travel, the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations
- A psychedelic experience, an induced altered state of awareness
- Slang for a circuit breaker or its action
- A stumble or misstep that may result in falling
- Faux pas, a socially awkward or tactless act
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trip
Noun
1. a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"
(hypernym) journey, journeying
(hyponym) flight
(derivation) travel, jaunt
2. a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
(hypernym) hallucination
(derivation) trip out, turn on, get off
3. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
(synonym) slip
(hypernym) mishap, misadventure, mischance
(hyponym) spill, tumble, fall
(derivation) trip up
4. an exciting or stimulting experience
(synonym) head trip
(hypernym) experience
5. a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
(synonym) tripper
(hypernym) catch, stop
(derivation) actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
6. a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
(hypernym) step
7. 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"
(synonym) trip-up, stumble, misstep
(hypernym) blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
Verb
1. miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
(synonym) stumble
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) founder
(entail) walk
(derivation) slip
2. cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
(synonym) trip up
(cause) stumble
(derivation) slip
3. make a trip for pleasure
(synonym) travel, jaunt
(hyponym) junket
(cause) travel, go, move, locomote
4. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
(synonym) actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
(hypernym) initiate, pioneer
(cause) happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
(derivation) tripper
5. get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"
(synonym) trip out, turn on, get off
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trip
nm.
trip, sensory experience caused by hallucinogenic drugs
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trip (de)
n.
journey, outing, excursion
