tripnoun
uk/trɪp/us/trɪp/trip noun (JOURNEY)
A2 [ C ] a journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again:
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- You should always check your oil, water and tyres before taking your car on a long trip.
- How about a trip to the zoo this afternoon?
- She's going on a trip to New York, all expenses paid.
- The travel company has written giving information about the trip.
- He's always going off around the world on business trips, leaving his wife to cope with the babies by herself.
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Journeys
- adventure
- break-journey
- carpool
- carsick
- convoy
- field trip
- flight
- foray
- grand tour
- journey
- mystery tour
- odyssey
- outward-bound
- peregrination
- pilgrimage
- ride
- round trip
- sail
- short-haul
- the long haul idiom
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trip noun (FALL)
[ C usually singular ] an occasion when you knock your foot against something and fall or lose your balance, or someone causes you to do this, when you are walking or running:
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Falling and dropping
- ass
- ass over teakettle idiom
- collapse
- collapse/fall in a heap idiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop like flies idiom
- drop sb/sth off
- fly
- hit the deck idiom
- let go idiom
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- put sth/sb down
- shower
- stumble
- wayside
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trip noun (EXPERIENCE)
[ C ] slang an experience in which someone sees, hears, or feels things that do not exist as a result of taking an illegal drug:
[ C usually singular ] mainly US informal a person or experience that is strange or entertaining and exciting:
a period of time when you experience a particular feeling strongly:
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Drugs - general words
- chase
- chems
- crank
- detox
- dope
- doped up
- gear
- jacked up
- legal high
- OD
- overdose
- peddler
- pop
- shot
- snort
- soft
- spliff
- spliff up
- stoned
- whacked
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tripverb
uk/trɪp/us/trɪp/-pp-trip verb (LOSE BALANCE)
B2 [ I or T ] to lose your balance after knocking your foot against something when you are walking or running, or to cause someone to do this:
More examples
- The bowler tripped as he was delivering the ball .
- She tripped and fell over.
- I tripped as I got off the bus.
- She tripped over the rug.
- I tripped on a piece of wire that someone had stretched across the path.
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Falling and dropping
- ass
- ass over teakettle idiom
- collapse
- collapse/fall in a heap idiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop like flies idiom
- drop sb/sth off
- fly
- hit the deck idiom
- let go idiom
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- put sth/sb down
- shower
- stumble
- wayside
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trip verb (MOVE)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] to move with quick, gentle steps:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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trip verb (SWITCH)
[ T ] to move a switch that operates an electrical system, or to cause such a system to start or stop working by moving a switch:
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electrical
- electromagnetic
- electrostatic
- flow
- generation
- homing
- input
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
- transistorized
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trip verb (EXPERIENCE)
[ I ] slang to experience the effects of taking an illegal drug that causes the user to see, hear, or feel things that do not exist:
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Drugs - general words
- chase
- chems
- crank
- detox
- dope
- doped up
- gear
- jacked up
- legal high
- OD
- overdose
- peddler
- pop
- shot
- snort
- soft
- spliff
- spliff up
- stoned
- whacked
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