Trip
[trɪp]
Definition
(noun.) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; 'he recited the whole poem without a single trip'; 'he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later'; 'confusion caused his unfortunate misstep'.
(noun.) a light or nimble tread; 'he heard the trip of women's feet overhead'.
(noun.) a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); 'he took a trip to the shopping center'.
(noun.) an exciting or stimulating experience.
(noun.) a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; 'an acid trip'.
(verb.) get high, stoned, or drugged; 'He trips every weekend'.
(verb.) put in motion or move to act; 'trigger a reaction'; 'actuate the circuits'.
(verb.) cause to stumble; 'The questions on the test tripped him up'.
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Definition
(n. 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.
(n. i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
(n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
(n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
(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.
(v. t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
(v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
(v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
(v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
(v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
(n.) A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
(n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
(n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
(n.) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
(n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
(n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
(n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
(n.) A troop of men; a host.
(n.) A flock of widgeons.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Skip, hop, step quickly.[2]. Stumble, lose footing, make a false step.[3]. Fail, mistake, err, be at fault, come short.
v. a. Supplant, throw off the balance, trip up.
n. [1]. Skip, hop, light step.[2]. Stumble, false step.[3]. Slip, lapse, failure, mistake, oversight, error, blunder, fault, miss.[4]. Jaunt, excursion, tour, ramble, stroll, short journey.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bound, skip, taunt, fail, stumble, mistake, offend, err, fall
ANT:Stand, succeed, speed, prosper
Typist: Marietta
Definition
v.i. to move with short light steps: to stumble and fall: to err to go wrong to make a slip in chastity: to fail.—v.t. to cause to stumble by striking one's feet from under him (with up): to overthrow by taking away support: to catch: to catch in a fault: to loosen as an anchor from the bottom by a long rope: to turn as a yard from a horizontal to a vertical position: to fold in the middle as a deep stage-drop: to strike against:—pr.p. trip′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. tripped.—n. a light short step: a catch by which an antagonist is thrown: one of the points in coursing when the hare is thrown off its legs: a false step: a mistake: a short voyage or journey a jaunt.—ns. Trip′-book a book in which the records and accounts of the trip of a fishing-boat are made up and kept: Trip′-hamm′er a large hammer used in forges a tilt-hammer; Trip′per a cheap excursionist a tourist doing a certain round: one who stumbles or who makes another stumble; Trip′-slip (U.S.) a strip of paper on which a car-conductor must punch a hole when a fare is taken.
Checker: Zelig
Examples
- It isn't a mere pleasure trip to me, girls, she said impressively, as she scraped her best palette. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He immediately signalled to the cruiser to send water, medicine, and provisions, and another boat made the perilous trip to the Arrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The Savannah, the first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic, made the trip in 1819 in 26 days. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If the nigger's got anything of this sort going, trip him up. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I was convinced upon this return trip that there was a future for the horseless carriage, although I did not at that time expect it to be so brilliant and imposing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Its performance on its first trial trip was absolutely astounding to every observer. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- France being now open to us, Meyler expressed his intention of taking a trip to Paris. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Furthermore, the vessels were enabled to double their number of productive trips. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In one of his trips he passed into the country roads and came to a tollgate through which a frightened keeper hastily passed him without toll, hailing him as the devil. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Western boats at that day did not make regular trips at stated times, but would stop anywhere, and for any length of time, for passengers or freight. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Many trips were required, but at last all stood safely together again at the beginning of the end of our quest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As there were but two or three of these, the boats had to make a number of trips before the last of the troops were up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Father bought her once, in one of his trips to New Orleans, and brought her up as a present to mother. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The fellow would take the boat and my father's best gun and treat himself to little shooting trips. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then she said to the master of the dog, 'Mr Clennam, sir,' and tripped away. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- With a footstep as soft and gentle as the voice, the speaker tripped away. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- After loading the pawls are tripped, and the greater gravity of the counterweight raises the gun to firing position again. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Give me your arm, Captain George; and so saying, and with a nod to the General, she tripped into the lobby. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Was he now to be pestered and tripped up upon this or that item? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I tripped at the edge and went in with a splash. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We oughtenter overlook nobody, Andy, cause the smartest on us gets tripped up sometimes. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was Bessie, I knew well enough; but I did not stir; her light step came tripping down the path. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Thank you, Sir,' said Mary, tripping towards the door again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Eva came tripping up the verandah steps to her father. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But I must just go and look at baby, Celia added, without the least change of tone, throwing a light shawl over her, and tripping away. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She came tripping into the room with the step of a child. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Ere long, Adele's little foot was heard tripping across the hall. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She's too ill to see you, sir, Rebecca said, tripping down to Sir Pitt, who was preparing to ascend. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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