Etymology : Middle English trippen, from Middle French triper, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English treppan to tread; more at TRAP
Pronunciation : trip
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. voyage, journey; stumble, fall; error, blunder; control lever; sensory experience caused by hallucinogenic drugs (Slang); obsession, preoccupation (Slang); intense experience. stumble, fall; cause to stumble; make an error in conduct, blunder; walk or dance with light steps; hinder, obstruct; trigger, activate; make a journey; take hallucinogenic drugs (Slang). guilt trip.
2. trip.
3. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; sometimes followed by it.
4. See It, 5.
5. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
6. To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
7. Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
8. 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.
9. Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
10. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
11. To raise from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
12. To pull into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
13. To release, let fall, or set free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
14. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
15. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
16. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance.
17. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
18. A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
19. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
20. A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
21. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
22. A troop of men; a host.
23. A flock of widgeons. 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" a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead" a journey for some purpose ; "he took a trip to the shopping center" an exciting or stimulting experience a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip" get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend" put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up".
24. 1. 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. see also:
round trip.
25. 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 He tried to follow Jack's footsteps in the snow and tripped on a rock Trip up means the same as trip. I tripped up and hurt my foot Make sure trailing flexes are kept out of the way so you don't trip up over them.
26. 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. Trip up means the same as trip. He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up.
27. disapproval 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. There's such pressure to be happy in Hawaii, if you're unhappy you're on a guilt trip The biggest star perk, and the biggest power trip, must be the private plane.
28. A trip is an experience that someone has when their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD.
29. If someone is tripping, they are having an experience in which their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD. One night I was tripping on acid.
30. If someone trips somewhere, they walk there with light, quick steps. A girl in a red smock tripped down the hill.
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