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trip

  (trĭp) pronunciation
n.
  1. A going from one place to another; a journey.
  2. A stumble or fall.
  3. A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.
  4. A mistake.
  5. Slang.
    1. A hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug: an acid trip.
    2. An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience: a power trip.
  6. Slang.
    1. A usually temporary but absorbing interest or preoccupation: He's on another health food trip.
    2. A certain way of life or situation: “deny that his reclusiveness is some sort of deliberate star trip” (Patricia Bosworth).
  7. A light or nimble tread.
    1. A device, such as a pawl, for triggering a mechanism.
    2. The action of such a device.

v., tripped, trip·ping, trips.

v.intr.
  1. To stumble.
  2. To move nimbly with light rapid steps; skip.
  3. To be released, as a tooth on an escapement wheel in a watch.
  4. To make a trip.
  5. To make a mistake: tripped up on the last question.
  6. Slang. To have a drug-induced hallucination.
v.tr.
  1. To cause to stumble or fall.
  2. To trap or catch in an error or inconsistency.
  3. To release (a catch, trigger, or switch), thereby setting something in operation.
  4. Nautical.
    1. To raise (an anchor) from the bottom.
    2. To tip or turn (a yardarm) into a position for lowering.
    3. To lift (an upper mast) in order to remove the fid before lowering.
idiom:

trip the light fantastic

  1. To dance.

[Middle English, act of tripping, from trippen, to trip, from Old French tripper, to stamp the foot, of Germanic origin.]


 
 
Thesaurus: trip
also trip up

noun

  1. A usually short journey taken for pleasure: excursion, jaunt, junket, outing. See move/halt.
  2. An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true: erratum, error, inaccuracy, incorrectness, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, slip-up. See correct/incorrect.
  3. An illusion of perceiving something that does not really exist: hallucination, phantasmagoria, phantasmagory. See real/imaginary.
  4. A temporary concentration of interest: Slang kick. See excite/bore/interest.

verb

  1. To catch the foot against something and lose one's balance: stumble. Idioms: lose one's footing, make a false step. See move/halt.
  2. To bound lightly: hop, skip, skitter, spring. See move/halt.
  3. To make or go on a journey: journey, pass, peregrinate, travel, trek. Idioms: hit the road. See move/halt.
  4. To release or move (a switch, for example) in order to activate, deactivate, or control a device: throw. See move/halt.

phrasal verb - trip up

    To make an error or mistake: err, miscue, mistake, slip, slip up, stumble. See correct/incorrect.

 
 
Antonyms: trip

n

Definition: error, blunder
Antonyms: correction, fix

v

Definition: fall, err
Antonyms: correct, fix


 

v. 1. release and raise (an anchor) from the seabed by means of a buoyed line attached to the anchor’s crown.

2. turn (a yard or other object) from a horizontal to a vertical position for lowering.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

 
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A journey taken for some purpose.

pronunciation Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess baggage, the shorter the trip. — Arnold H. Glasow

 
Wikipedia: Trip (disambiguation)


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Translations: Translations for: Trip

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - spænde ben for, vippe, vælte
v. tr. - snuble, begå fejl, fortale sig
n. - udflugt, tur, rejse, sviptur, smut, fejltrin, snublen, fortalelse

idioms:

  • trip up    spænde ben for nogen
  • trip wire    snubletråd

Nederlands (Dutch)
tocht(je), misstap (ook figuurlijk), trip (drugs), (laten) struikelen, huppelen

Français (French)
v. intr. - trébucher, faire un faux-pas, trébucher sur, se prendre les pieds dans, gambader, marcher d'un pas léger, tripper (argot des drogués) (fam), être sous l'effet du LSD
v. tr. - (gén) faire trébucher, faire un croche-pied à (qn), (Électron) couper, déclencher
n. - voyage, excursion, trajet, tour, (Électron) déclenche, trip (argot des drogués)

idioms:

  • trip up    trébucher, se tromper, faire un faux-pas, faire trébucher, faire un croche-pied à
  • trip wire    fil de détente

Deutsch (German)
n. - Reise, Ausflug, Fehler, Stolpern, Beinstellen, Trippeln, (LSD)Trip, Auslösevorrichtung
v. - trippeln, stolpern, einen Fehler machen, zu Fall bringen, ertappen, einen Ausflug machen, plötzlich loslassen, auslösen, lichten, (sich) schräg stellen, (Slang) auf einem (LSD)Trip sein

idioms:

  • trip up    stolpern, stolpern lassen, einen Fehler machen, zu Fall bringen
  • trip wire    Stolperdraht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ταξίδι, εκδρομή, βόλτα, σκόνταμμα, σκουντούφλα, παραπάτημα, τρικλοποδιά, λάθος, γκάφα, (καθομ.) μαστούρωμα, συνταρακτική εμπειρία
v. - σκοντάφτω, παραπατώ, βάζω τρικλοποδιά, περπατώ/τρέχω ανάλαφρα, αλαφροπατώ

idioms:

  • trip up    ανεβαίνω ελαφροπατώντας, βάζω τρικλοποδιά, σκοντάφτω, διαπράττω ολίσθημα
  • trip wire    (στρατ.) σύρμα παγίδευσης

Italiano (Italian)
incespicare, fare lo sgambetto a, viaggio, inciampata

idioms:

  • trip wire    filo d'allarme

Português (Portuguese)
n. - passeio (m), passo em falso (m), viagem (f), erro (m), descuido (m)
v. - executar, desengatar (Mec.), empinar, saltitar, virar, entornar

idioms:

  • trip up    tropeçar, ou passar rasteira
  • trip wire    fio que ativa uma armadilha

Русский (Russian)
спотыкаться, поездка, путешествие, экскурсия, поход, галлюцинирование под влиянием наркотика

idioms:

  • trip up    заставить кого-л. сделать ошибку
  • trip wire    минная проволока, "спотыкач"

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - tropezar, andar con paso ligero, tener un desliz
v. tr. - ejecutar ágilmente (un movimiento, un baile), hacer tropezar, hacer caer, obstaculizar, soltar, disparar, levar (el ancla)
n. - viaje, excursión, tropezón, traspié, acción de soltar o disparar una pieza o mecanismo, disparo

idioms:

  • trip up    hacer tropezar, echar una zancadilla
  • trip wire    cable trampa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tripp, resa, utflykt, tur, trippande, lätta steg, trippande gång, snubblande, snavande, fel, blunder, misstag, felsteg, krokben
v. - trippa, snubbla, snava, göra ett misstag, försäga sig, tända på

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
轻快地走, 失足, 绊倒, 使跌倒, 使失败, 使犯错, 旅行, 差错, 摔倒

idioms:

  • trip up    绊倒, 使失败, 挑剔
  • trip wire    绊网, 地雷拉发线

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 輕快地走, 失足, 絆倒
v. tr. - 使跌倒, 使失敗, 使犯錯
n. - 旅行, 差錯, 摔倒

idioms:

  • trip up    絆倒, 使失敗, 挑剔
  • trip wire    絆網, 地雷拉發線

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 걸리다, 실수하다, 말이 막히다
v. tr. - 책잡다, 경쾌하게 춤추다, 시동시키다
n. - 여행, 헛디딤, 체포

idioms:

  • trip up    걸리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 旅行, 出歩き, 通勤, 引き外し装置, つまずき, 過失, 刑期, 幻覚体験, 熱中
v. - つまずく, つまずかせる, 揚げ足を取る, 間違える, 外す, 軽快な足取りで歩く, 旅行する

idioms:

  • trip up    間違える, 妨害する
  • trip wire    仕掛け線

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زله, غلطه, رحله (فعل) يزل, يخطئ, يقوم برحله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הלך, רץ או רקד בקלילות, מעד, נכשל‬
v. tr. - ‮הכשיל, הפיל‬
n. - ‮מעידה, נפילה, הכשלה, טעות, מסע, טיול, הפלגת-הזיה, טריפ, התקן-הפעלה‬


 
 

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