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| trip [ trip ] |
noun (plural trips) |
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1. journey: a journey of relatively short duration, especially to a place and back again
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2. fall caused by catching foot: a fall or stumble caused by catching the foot on something
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3. action that causes fall: an action that causes somebody to fall or stumble
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4. light step: a light or nimble skip, step, or tread
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5. error: a blunder, error, or mistake
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6. electrical engineering something acting as switch: a catch or switch that activates a mechanism
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7. drugs drug-induced hallucination: the experience produced by taking a hallucinogenic drug
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8. stimulating experience: an intense, emotional, or stimulating experience
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  a nostalgia trip
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9. brief intense interest: an obsessive and often short-lived interest in something
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10. U.S. unusual or amusing thing: something that somebody enjoys or takes pleasure in, e.g. an experience, event, or person
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Living abroad may not be your trip.
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verb (past and past participle tripped, present participle trip·ping, 3rd person present singular trips) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb stumble, or cause somebody to stumble: to stumble or fall as a result of catching the foot on something, or cause somebody to stumble or fall in this way
She tripped her opponent deliberately.
I tripped and fell.
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2. intransitive verb move with rapid light steps: to move, run, walk, or dance with rapid light steps
went tripping off down the road
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3. transitive verb technology cause device to operate: to operate, or cause a device or system to operate
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4. intransitive verb go on journey: to go on a journey, tour, or excursion
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5. intransitive verb drugs experience drug effects: to experience the effects of a hallucinogenic drug
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6. transitive verb nautical free anchor: to free an anchor from the sea bed so that it hangs loose on the end of its rope or chain
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7. transitive verb nautical tip up yard: to tilt or tip up a yard or mast so that it can be lowered
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8. transitive verb nautical raise upper mast: to raise one of the upper masts of a sailing ship to remove the bar fid that supports it so that it can be lowered
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| [14th century. < Old French tripper< Germanic] |
