Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense trips, present participle tripping, past tense, past participle tripped
1. countable noun
A trip is a journey that you make to a particular place.
On the Thursday we went out on a day trip.
Mark was sent to the Far East on a business trip.
Synonyms: journey, outing, excursion, day out More Synonyms of trip
2. See also round trip, journey
3. verb
If you trip when you are walking, you knock your foot against something and fall or nearly fall.
She tripped and fell last night and broke her hip. [VERB]
He tried to follow Jack's footsteps in the snow and tripped on a rock. [V + on/over]
The cables are all bright yellow to prevent you tripping over them. [Von/over n]
Synonyms: stumble, fall, fall over, slip More Synonyms of trip
Trip up means the same as trip.
I tripped up and hurt my foot. [VERBPARTICLE]
Make sure trailing flexes are kept out of the way so you don't trip up over them. [VP + on/over]
4. verb
If you trip someone who is walking or running, you put your foot or something else in front of them, so that they knock their own foot against it and fall or nearly fall.
One guy stuck his foot out and tried to trip me. [VERB noun]
Trip up means the same as trip.
He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
He was tripped up by a passer-by. [beVERB-ed PARTICLE]
5. countable noun
If you say that someone is, for example, on a power trip, a guilt trip, or a nostalgia trip, you mean that their behaviour is motivated by power, guilt, or nostalgia.
[informal, disapproval]
There's such pressure to be happy in Hawaii, if you're unhappy you're on a guilttrip.
The biggest star perk, and the biggest power trip, must be the private plane.
6. countable noun
A trip is an experience that someone has when their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD.
[informal]
An anxious or depressed person can experience a really bad trip.
7. verb [usually cont]
If someone is tripping, they are having an experience in which their mind is affected by a drug such asLSD.
[informal]
One night I was tripping on acid. [VERB + on]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: take drugs, get high [informal], get stoned [slang], get loved-up [informal] More Synonyms of trip
8. verb
If someone trips somewhere, they walk there with light, quick steps.
[literary]
A girl in a red smock tripped down the hill. [VERB preposition/adverb]
They tripped along with scarcely a care in the world. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: skip, dance, spring, hop More Synonyms of trip
Phrasal verbs:
See trip up
More Synonyms of trip
trip in British English
(trɪp)
noun
1.
an outward and return journey, often for a specific purpose
2.
any tour, journey, or voyage
3.
a false step; stumble
4.
any slip or blunder
5.
a light step or tread
6.
a manoeuvre or device to cause someone to trip
7. Also called: tripper
a.
any catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch
b.
(as modifier)
trip button
8.
a surge in the conditions of a chemical or other automatic process resulting in an instability
9. informal
a hallucinogenic drug experience
10. informal
any stimulating, profound, etc, experience
verbWord forms: trips, tripping or tripped
11. (often foll byup, or when intr, by on or over)
to stumble or cause to stumble
12.
to make or cause to make a mistake or blunder
13. (transitive; often foll byup)
to trap or catch in a mistake
14. (intransitive)
to go on a short tour or journey
15. (intransitive)
to move or tread lightly
16. (intransitive) informal
to experience the effects of LSD or any other hallucinogenic drug
17. trip a switch
Derived forms
trippingly (ˈtrippingly)
adverb
Word origin
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
TRIP in American English
(trɪp)
US
adjective
designating or of any of several high-strength, highly ductile steel alloys containing chromium, molybdenum, nickel, and carbon
Word origin
tr(ansformation-)i(nduced) p(lasticity)
trip in American English
(trɪp)
verb intransitiveWord forms: tripped or ˈtripping
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, inaccuracy, or mistake; err
4.
to falter in speaking
5.
to run past the pallet of the escapement without catching
said of a tooth of the escapement wheel of a watch
6. Rare
to take a trip; journey
7. US, Slang
to experience a trip (sense 19)
verb transitive
8.
to make stumble, esp. by catching the foot
sometimes with up
9.
a.
to cause to make a false step or mistake
b.
to cause to fail or stop; obstruct
10.
to catch (a person) in a lie, error, etc.
often with up
11.
a.
to release (a spring, wheel, or other mechanical part), as by the action of a detent
b.
to start or operate (a mechanism) by this
12. Rare
to perform (a dance) lightly and nimbly
13. Nautical
a.
to raise (an anchor) clear of the bottom
b.
to tilt (a yard) into position for lowering
c.
to raise (an upper mast) so that the fid may be removed before lowering
noun
14.
a light, quick tread
15.
a.
a traveling from one place to another; journey, esp. a short one; excursion, jaunt, etc.
b.
a going to a place and returning
made three trips to the kitchen
16.
a.
a stumble
b.
a maneuver for causing someone to stumble or fall, as by catching the foot
17.
a mistake; blunder
18.
a.
any mechanical contrivance for tripping a part, as a pawl
b.
its action
19. US, Slang
a.
an experience or period of euphoria, hallucinations, etc. induced by a psychedelic drug, esp. LSD
b.
an experience that is pleasing, exciting, unusual, etc.
c.
any activity, mode of conduct, state of mind, etc.
a spiritual trip
Idioms:
trip the light fantastic
SYNONYMY NOTE: trip strictly implies a relatively short course of travel, although it is also commonlyused as an equivalent for , journey [a vacation trip]; journey, a more formal word, generally implies travel of some length, usually over land [the journey was filled with hardships]; voyage, in current use, implies a relatively long journey by water [a voyage across the Atlantic]; jaunt is applied to a short, casual trip taken for pleasure or recreation [a jaunt to the city]; expedition is applied to a journey, march, etc. taken by an organized group for some definitepurpose [a military expedition, a zoological expedition to Africa]
Word origin
ME trippen < OFr treper < Gmc *trippon (> OE treppan, to step): see trap1
COBUILD Collocations
trip
book a trip
cancel a trip
fishing trip
organize a trip
road trip
skiing trip
Examples of 'trip' in a sentence
trip
She could become only the ninth woman to make the trip.
The Sun (2016)
Get ready for one big nostalgia trip.
The Sun (2016)
The step up in trip should also help.
The Sun (2016)
On the last night of the trip they got out family photo albums.
The Sun (2017)
One such trip recently took him to the wilds of Canada.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Then the guilt trip began.
The Sun (2017)
Dear Deidre I'VE found out my husband was on holiday with friends when he told me he was going on a business trip.
The Sun (2016)
When crumbling dictators make these trips they are often one way.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The point about drop bars is that their variety of hand positions makes longer trips more bearable.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The company draw a surprising amount of comic mileage from this shallow nostalgia trip.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Let the personality of you and your listing transform the trip experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The most eerie part of the trip was the journey home.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She is averaging nearly one foreign trip a week.
The Sun (2015)
Our trip through the night lasted a little over an hour.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is transportation of waste that often trips us up.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Many of these friendships have led to trips abroad for business or for pleasure.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But how many people do you know that make regular trips to a cemetery?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Not that the banners themselves are in any way a nostalgia trip.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was not the best experience of our trip.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Halfway through the trip she slips away in the middle of the day to join in the celebration of a family wedding.
The Sun (2011)
My son asked if he could go on a school trip to the Far East.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
One morning this trip, she made good on the threat, taking our daughter along too.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Last summer his dad came back from a business trip to the Far East and presented his son with an extravagant gift.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
trip
British English: trip /trɪp/ NOUN
A trip is a journey that you make to a place and back again.
We went out on a day trip.
American English: trip
Arabic: رِحْلَة
Brazilian Portuguese: viagem
Chinese: 旅程
Croatian: put
Czech: výlet
Danish: rejse
Dutch: reisje
European Spanish: viaje ida
Finnish: matka
French: trajet
German: Reise
Greek: ταξίδι αναψυχής
Italian: viaggio
Japanese: 旅行
Korean: 여행
Norwegian: tur
Polish: podróż
European Portuguese: viagem
Romanian: excursie
Russian: путешествие
Latin American Spanish: viaje
Swedish: resa
Thai: การเดินทาง
Turkish: yolculuk kısa
Ukrainian: подорож
Vietnamese: chuyến đi
British English: trip /trɪp/ VERB
If you trip when you are walking, you knock your foot against something and fall or nearly fall.
She tripped and fell last night and broke her hip.
American English: trip
Arabic: يُعَثِّرُ
Brazilian Portuguese: tropeçar
Chinese: 绊倒
Croatian: spotaknuti se
Czech: zakopnout
Danish: snuble
Dutch: struikelen
European Spanish: tropezar con
Finnish: kompastua
French: trébucher
German: stolpern
Greek: σκουντουφλώ
Italian: inciampare
Japanese: つまずく
Korean: 걸려 넘어지다
Norwegian: utløse
Polish: potknąć się
European Portuguese: tropeçar
Romanian: a se împiedica
Russian: путешествовать
Latin American Spanish: tropezar
Swedish: snubbla
Thai: สะดุด
Turkish: ayağı takılmak
Ukrainian: спотикатися
Vietnamese: vấp
All related terms of 'trip'
trip up
If someone or something trips a person up , or if they trip up , they fail or make a mistake .
acid trip
a psychedelic experience induced by ingesting the hallucinogen LSD
bad trip
a mentally or physically horrifying drug-taking experience, as one accompanied by nightmarish hallucinations or by physical pain
boat trip
a trip in a boat
day trip
A day trip is a journey to a place and back again on the same day, usually for pleasure .
ego trip
If you say that someone is on an ego trip , you are criticizing them for doing something for their own satisfaction and enjoyment , often to show that they think they are more important than other people.
head trip
an exhilarating intellectual experience
road trip
A trip is a journey that you make to a particular place.
side trip
a brief excursion off the main route of an itinerary , as to visit a particular person or place
trip-hop
a type of British electronic dance music of the 1990s, influenced by drug culture
trip out
(of an electrical circuit ) to disconnect or be disconnected or (of a machine) to stop or be stopped by means of a trip switch or trip button
coach trip
any tour , journey , or voyage made by bus
field trip
an expedition , as by a group of students or research workers , to study something at first hand
guilt trip
a feeling of guilt or responsibility , esp. one not justified by reality
return trip
the journey back from a destination
round trip
If you make a round trip , you travel to a place and then back again.
school trip
an outing or holiday that a school organizes for schoolchildren
skiing trip
A trip is a journey that you make to a particular place.
trip hazard
A hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or safety , or your plans or reputation .
trip switch
an electric switch arranged to interrupt a circuit suddenly and disconnect power from a running machine so that the machine is stopped
boating trip
a trip or holiday in a boat such as a sailing boat or canal boat
business trip
a journey made somewhere and back again for business purposes in one's working capacity
fishing trip
A trip is a journey that you make to a particular place.
pleasure trip
a trip for recreational purposes
shopping trip
a visit to shops, or to a supermarket
trip computer
A trip computer in a vehicle gives readings of average speed, fuel consumption , and fuel cost per mile .
vacation trip
a trip undertaken during a vacation
walking trip
a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
yachting trip
a pleasure trip on a yacht
book a trip
A trip is a journey that you make to a particular place.
cancel a trip
A trip is a journey that you make to a particular place.
trip a switch
to activate (a mechanical trip )
organize a trip
A trip is a journey that you make to a particular place.
round-trip ticket
a ticket entitling a passenger to travel to his or her destination and back again
tripwire
A tripwire is a wire stretched just above the ground , which sets off something such as a trap or an explosion if someone touches it.
triphammer
a power hammer that is raised or tilted by a cam and allowed to fall under gravity
trip the light fantastic
to dance
to go on a shopping trip
to go somewhere for the purpose of shopping
return ticket
a ticket entitling a passenger to travel to his or her destination and back again
Chinese translation of 'trip'
trip
(trɪp)
n(c)
(= journey) 出行 (chūxíng) (次, cì)
(= outing) 外出 (wàichū) (次, cì)
vi
(= stumble) (also trip up) 绊(絆)倒 (bàndǎo)
(liter, = walk lightly) 轻(輕)快地走 (qīngkuài de zǒu)
vt
(= cause to fall) (also trip up) 把 ... 绊(絆)倒 (bǎ ... bàndǎo)