# trip

Pronunciation: say "TRIP" /tɹɪp/

## Noun

1. A journey to a place, especially a short one made for pleasure or a particular purpose.
   - Simple: A journey to a place, often a short one, made for fun or for a particular reason.
   - _They booked a weekend trip to the coast._
   - _Her research trip to Peru lasted six weeks._
3. An instance of stumbling or falling after catching one's foot on something, or an act of making someone stumble or fall in this way.
   - Simple: A stumble or fall caused by catching a foot on something, or an act that makes someone stumble or fall.
   - _A sudden trip on the uneven sidewalk nearly knocked him down._
   - _One careless trip sent the waiter's tray crashing to the floor._
4. A period of altered perception, dreamlike states, or hallucinations caused by taking a psychoactive drug. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A period of seeing or feeling strange things after taking a drug.
   - _The mushrooms gave him an intense trip that night._
   - _Her first trip left her overwhelmed by the swirling colors._
9. A state of intense involvement in or enjoyment of a particular condition or activity.
   - Simple: A time of being very caught up in, or enjoying, a particular feeling or activity.
   - _Controlling the schedule became an ego trip for the new manager._
   - _The whole festival was a nostalgic trip for longtime fans._
10. A device that automatically stops a machine or breaks an electrical circuit, for example when there is an overload or fault; a cut-out.
   - Simple: A safety switch that turns off a machine or the electricity by itself when something goes wrong.
   - _The mill's safety trip halted the rollers instantly._
   - _Engineers installed a new trip on the conveyor line._

## Verb

2. To stumble or fall after catching one's foot on something, or to make a person or animal stumble or fall in this way.
   - Simple: To stumble or fall after catching your foot on something, or to make someone stumble or fall.
   - _Hikers often trip on hidden roots along the trail._
   - _He tripped on the curb and dropped his coffee._
5. To experience dreamlike states or hallucinations after taking psychoactive drugs.
   - Simple: To see or feel strange things after taking a drug.
   - _Festival-goers sometimes trip until sunrise._
   - _She tripped hard and saw the walls breathing._
6. To activate or set off something, such as a trap, switch, or explosive.
   - Simple: To set something off, like a switch, trap, or alarm.
   - _A single misstep can trip the hidden wire._
   - _The intruder tripped the silent alarm without realizing it._
7. Of a switch, circuit breaker, sensor, or similar mechanism, to be activated automatically, especially so as to cut off power because of an overload or fault.
   - Simple: Of a switch or safety device, to go off or cut the power by itself, for example when there is an overload.
   - _Old circuits trip easily during a power surge._
   - _The main breaker tripped, plunging the house into darkness._
8. To behave irrationally or overreact, especially by getting unreasonably upset about something trivial. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To act crazy or get far too upset about something small.
   - _Stop tripping over a text he didn't answer right away._
   - _Folks will trip if the schedule changes at the last minute._

## Verb

11. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or skip along lightly. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To walk or move along with light, quick little steps.
   - _The dancers trip across the stage in perfect time with the music._
   - _She tripped down the lane, humming as she went._
12. To catch someone in a misstep or error; to detect and convict of wrongdoing. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To catch someone making a mistake and prove them guilty.

## Noun

13. A herd or flock of sheep, goats, and similar grazing animals. *(obsolete, Scotland, UK)*
   - Simple: A herd or flock of sheep, goats, or similar animals.
14. A troop of men; a host or assembled body of fighters. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A group or troop of men, like a large body of soldiers.

## Other meanings

- (verb) To travel; to go on a journey.
- (noun) A mistake or slip, especially an embarrassing social blunder or a lapse in conduct, speech, or judgment.
- (verb) To be guilty of a misstep or wrongdoing; to commit an offense against morality or propriety.
- (adjective) Describing a poker hand or holding made up of three cards of the same rank.
- (noun) A quick, light step or lively movement of the feet; a small, springy skip.
- (verb) To heave an anchor clear of the bottom, using the cable or the buoy line, until it hangs freely.
- (noun) A single tack made while beating to windward; one leg of a zigzag course sailed against the wind.
- (verb) To pull a ship's yard into a perpendicular position so that it can be lowered.
- (noun) A flock of wigeons, a kind of wild dabbling duck.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–12** — Middle English trippen meant "to tread or step lightly, skip, dance." It may come from Old French triper, meaning "to hop or dance around," which had a Frankish source, or else from Middle Dutch trippen ("to skip, hop, trample"). It is related to words in Low German, Danish, Swedish, and Frisian, and also to trap and tramp.
**Meanings 13–14** — Old French trippe gave Middle English its tryppe, the source of this word, and there may be a link with troop.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/trip (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).