trip

trip: verb (trips, tripping, tripped)

1》 catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall.

2》 (trip up) make a mistake.

    ↘(trip someone up) detect or expose someone in a mistake or inconsistency.

3》 walk, run, or dance with quick light steps.

    ↘(of words) flow lightly and easily: a name which trips off the tongue.

4》 activate (a mechanism), especially by contact with a switch.

    ↘(of part of an electric circuit) disconnect automatically as a safety measure.

5》 Nautical release and raise (an anchor) from the seabed by means of a cable.

    ↘turn (a yard or other object) from a horizontal to a vertical position for lowering.

6》 informal experience hallucinations induced by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD.

7》 go on a short journey.

noun

1》 a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.

2》 an instance of tripping.

3》 informal a hallucinatory experience caused by taking a psychedelic drug.

    ↘a self-indulgent attitude or activity: a power trip.

4》 a device that trips a mechanism, circuit, etc.

5》 archaic a light, lively movement of a person's feet.

Phrases

trip the light fantastic humorous dance. [from ‘Trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe’ (Milton's L'Allegro).]

Origin

ME: from OFr. triper, from MDu. trippen 'to skip, hop'.

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Synonyms:

Skip, hop, step quickly, dance, foot it, Supplant, throw off the balance, trip up, Skip, hop, light step / Stumble, lose footing, make a false step, make a false movement, Overthrow, cause to fail, supplant, upset, Stumble, false step, misstep, loss of balance / Fail, mistake, err, be at fault, come short, commit an offence, bungle, blunder, Detect, catch, convict, Slip, lapse, failure, mistake, oversight, error, blunder, fault, miss, stumble / Jaunt, excursion, tour, ramble, stroll, short journey

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trip — trip … Dictionnaire des rimes
trip — [ trip ] n. m. • 1966; « voyage » 1865; mot angl. « voyage » ♦ Anglic., fam. 1 ♦ État qui résulte de l absorption de substances hallucinogènes (notamment de L. S. D.). ⇒aussi défonce. Être en plein trip d acide. 2 ♦ (v. 1975) Aventure intérieure … Encyclopédie Universelle
Trip — may refer to:* Trip (drink), Finnish brand of juice. * Trip (song), a song by Hedley * Trip (Power Rangers), the Green Time Force Ranger on Time Force Power Rangers * TRIPs Agreement, the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual… … Wikipedia
Trip — (tr[i^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tripped} (tr[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tripping}.] [OE. trippen; akin to D. trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See {Tramp}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trip — [trip] vi. tripped, tripping [ME trippen < OFr treper < Gmc * trippon (> OE treppan, to step): see TRAP1] 1. to walk, run, or dance with light, rapid steps; skip; caper 2. to stumble, esp. by catching the foot 3. to make a false step,… … English World dictionary
Trip — Trip, n. 1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. [1913 Webster] His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. A brief or rapid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trip — Trip, v. t. 1. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trip up — Trip Trip, v. t. 1. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trip — UK US /trɪp/ noun [C] ► a journey to a place, where you stay for a short time, and then come back again: go on/make/take a trip »She always flies business class when she goes on trips to the US. ► a part of a journey to or back from a place: the… … Financial and business terms
Trip — es un personaje de ficción de la serie de televisión Power Rangers, interpretado por Kevin Kleinberg. En Power Rangers: Fuerza del Tiempo Viene del planeta Xybria, de ahí el extraño color de su cabello (verde) y el cristal de visiones en su… … Wikipedia Español
Trip — Sm Ausflug, Reise erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. trip, einer Ableitung von ne. trip trippeln (trippeln). Ebenso nndl. trip, ne. trip, nschw. tripp, nnorw. tripp. ✎ DF 5 (1981), 468f.; Rey Debove/Gagnon… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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