trip

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Pronunciation

• enPR: trĭp, IPA: /tɹɪp/, SAMPA: /trIp/

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• Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology

From Old French tripper (noun is from the verb), from a Frankish source: compare Middle Dutch trippen, Middle Low German trippen (Danish trippe), Frisian tripje.

Noun

trip (plural trips)

1. A journey.

   We made a trip to the beach.

2. A stumble or misstep.

   He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

3. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

   He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

4. A faux pas, a social error.

Derived terms

Terms derived from trip (noun)

bad trip boat trip business trip day trip ego trip fam trip field trip good trip

guilt trip power trip road trip round trip trip down memory lane trip hop trippy trip to the woodshed

Translations

a journey

Arabic: رحلة (ar) (ríHla) f. Basque: bidaia (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 旅行 (zh) (lǚxíng), 旅遊 (zh), 旅游 (zh) (lǚyóu), 旅途 (zh) (lǚtú), 旅程 (zh) (lǚchéng) Czech: výlet (cs) m. Danish: rejse (da) Dutch: tocht (nl) m. Estonian: retk (et) Faroese: ferð (fo), reisa (fo) Finnish: matka (fi), reissu (fi), retki (fi) French: (long) voyage (fr) m., (short) balade (fr) m. German: Reise (de) f. Greek: ταξίδι (el) (taksíði) n. Hindi: यात्रा (hi) (yātrā) f., सैर (hi) (sair) f. Hungarian: kirándulás (hu), utazás (hu)

Icelandic: ferð (is), för (is), reisa (is) Interlingua: viage (ia) Italian: viaggio (it) m., gita (it) f. Japanese: 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō) Korean: 여행 (ko) (yeohaeng) Latin: iter (la) n. Norwegian: reise (no) Old Norse: ferð Polish: podróż (pl) f. Portuguese: viagem (pt) f. Romanian: excursie (ro) f., voiaj (ro) n. Russian: поездка (ru) (pojézdka) f., путешествие (ru) (putešestvije) n. Scottish Gaelic: cuairt (gd) f., turas (gd) m. Skolt Sami: väärr Spanish: viaje (es) m. Swedish: resa (sv) c., tripp (sv) c., tur (sv) c.

a stumble or misstep

Finnish: kompastuminen, kompastus French: faux pas (fr) m. Polish: potknięcie

Spanish: tropezar (es) Swedish: felsteg (sv) n.

period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations

Finnish: trippi, huumetrippi French: trip (fr) m. German: Trip m., Drogenrausch m.

Russian: приход (ru) (prixód) m. Swedish: tripp (sv) c., drogrus (sv) n., narkotikarus (sv) n.

a faux pas, a social error

Finnish: kömmähdys, etikettivirhe

French: faux pas (fr) m., bévue (fr) f.

Verb

trip (third-person singular simple present trips, present participle tripping, simple past and past participle tripped)

1. (intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.

   Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.

2. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.

   A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5

     Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.

3. (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.

   When we get into the factory, trip the lights.

4. (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.

   After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.

5. To journey, to make a trip.

   Last somewhere we tripped to the coast.

Derived terms

Terms derived from trip (verb)

trip out trip over tripper

trip the light fantastic trip up tripwire

Translations

fall over or stumble over an object

Chinese: " 絆倒 (bàndǎo) Dutch: struikelen (nl) Finnish: kompastua (fi) French: trébucher (fr), s'enfarger (fr) (Quebec) German: stolpern (de)

Italian: inciampare (it) Romanian: împiedica (ro) Russian: спотыкаться (ru) (spotykát'sja) impf., споткнуться (ru) (spotknút'sja) pf.; запинаться (ru) (zapinát'sja) impf., запнуться (ru) (zapnút'sja) pf. Spanish: tropezar (es)

to cause to stumble

Finnish: kampata (fi), kampittaa (fi)

Spanish: hacer topezar (es)

to activate or set in motion

Finnish: laukaista (fi); kytkeä (fi)

to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate

Finnish: trippailla, tripata (fi)

Portuguese: viajar (pt)

to make a trip

Finnish: matkustaa (fi), matkata (fi) Portuguese: viajar (pt)

Swedish: göra en resa (sv)

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Italian: inciampare

Adjective

trip (not comparable)

1. (poker slang) Of or relating to trips.

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Noun

trip f. and m. (plural trips, diminutive tripje)

1. a trip, a short excursion
2. hallucination, tripping