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Definition of Trip

1. Noun. A journey for some purpose (usually including the return). "He took a trip to the shopping center"

2. Verb. Miss a step and fall or nearly fall. "Sam and Sue trip"; "She stumbled over the tree root"

3. Noun. A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs. "An acid trip"

4. Verb. Cause to stumble. "The questions on the test tripped him up"

5. Noun. An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall. "The jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

6. Verb. Make a trip for pleasure.

7. Noun. An exciting or stimulating experience.

8. Verb. Put in motion or move to act. "Actuate the circuits"

9. Noun. A catch mechanism that acts as a switch. "The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

10. Verb. Get high, stoned, or drugged. "He trips every weekend"

11. Noun. A light or nimble tread. "He heard the trip of women's feet overhead"

12. Noun. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder. "Confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

Definition of Trip

1. v. i. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

2. v. t. 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.

3. n. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

Definition of Trip

1. Noun. A journey. ¹

2. Noun. A stumble or misstep. ¹

3. Noun. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations. ¹

4. Noun. A faux pas, a social error. ¹

5. Noun. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition. ¹

6. Noun. (engineering) A mechanical or electrical cutout device ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch. ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs. ¹

11. Verb. To journey, to make a trip. ¹

12. Adjective. (poker slang) Of or relating to trips. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trip

1. to stumble [v TRIPPED, TRIPPING, TRIPS] - See also: stumble

Medical Definition of Trip

1. 1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. "His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door." (Sir W. Scott) 2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt. "I took a trip to London on the death of the queen." (Pope) 3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. An error; a failure; a mistake. "Imperfect words, with childish trips." (Milton) "Each seeming trip, and each digressive start." (Harte) 4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. "A trip of cheese." 5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing. "And watches with a trip his foe to foil." (Dryden) "It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground." (South) 6. A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward. 7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. 8. A troop of men; a host. 9. A flock of widgeons. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trip

triotus trioval trioxane trioxanes trioxid trioxidane trioxide trioxides trioxids trioxolane

trioxolanes trioxsalen trioxygen trioxygenated trioxymethylene trip (current term) trip-up trip cord trip cords trip hammer

trip hammers trip hop trip line trip out trip over one's own two feet trip over the wire trip switch trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe

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