Trip | Mean of trip in English Dictionary
/ˈtrɪp/
- Noun
- a journey to a place
- They got back from their trip yesterday.
- a trip around the world
- How was your trip?
- a day trip [=a journey in which you go to visit a place and then return to your home on the same day]
- She is away on a business trip. [=she is traveling as part of her work]
- She took a trip to Europe.
- a short journey to a store, business, office, etc., for a particular purpose
- He made a trip to the dentist.
- I need to make a quick trip to the store for milk and eggs.
- the experience of strange mental effects (such as seeing things that are not real) that is produced by taking a very powerful drug (such as LSD)
- He was on an acid trip.
- an act of falling or nearly falling that is caused by accidentally hitting your foot on something as you are walking or running
- an ankle injury caused by a trip
- an exciting or unusual experience or person
- The party was quite a trip.
- His mother is a trip.
- an experience or activity that is like a journey
- He's on a nostalgia trip. [=he is thinking about the past a lot]
- Verb
- to hit your foot against something while you are walking or running so that you fall or almost fall
- Be careful. Don't trip.
- He tripped [=stumbled] over the curb.
- She tripped on the stairs and almost fell.
- to cause (someone who is walking or running) to fall or almost fall
- He deliberately tried to trip me.
- He got tripped up by the wires on the floor.
- to dance or walk with light, quick steps
- The dancers tripped off the stage.
- to cause (something, such as an alarm or a switch) to be turned on often in an accidental way
- Burglars smashed in the window and tripped [=set off] the alarm.
- She tripped [=threw] the switch.
- to experience strange mental effects (such as seeing things that are not real) after taking a very powerful drug (such as LSD)
- They were tripping on acid.
- to cause (someone) to make a mistake
- He tried to trip up the cashier as she counted his change.