trip
trip Lexical Profile
trip Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An act of going to a place and returning; a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure or a particular purpose.
"Our biology class is planning a weekend field trip to the coastal marine reserve."
A stumble or fall caused by catching one's foot on an obstacle, or an act of causing someone else to fall in this way.
"A sudden trip on the uneven cobblestone nearly caused him to drop the groceries."
A hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug, or informally, any bizarre, surreal, or stimulating experience.
"Reading that surrealist novel from start to finish was an absolute trip."
A mechanical or electrical device, such as a lever, pawl, or switch, that releases a catch or disconnects a circuit.
"The safety engineer tested the automatic trip on the main circuit breaker."
• verb
To catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall, or to cause someone else to stumble by placing an obstacle in their way.
"Be careful not to trip over the extension cord stretched across the hallway."
To activate or release a mechanism, switch, alarm, or circuit breaker suddenly, or to be activated in such a way.
"Running the microwave and the toaster simultaneously will trip the circuit breaker."
To make a mistake or blunder in speech, thought, or action, or to detect someone in an error or inconsistency.
"The tricky phrasing of the final exam question was designed to trip unobservant students."
To walk, run, or dance with quick, light, nimble steps.
"The children tripped merrily down the garden path toward the orchard."
To experience hallucinations induced by a psychedelic substance, or informally, to overreact or behave irrationally.
"Tell him to stay calm and stop tripping over such a minor scheduling change."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Entered Middle English as trippen ('to tread or step lightly'), borrowed from Old French triper ('to strike the ground with the foot, dance, or hop'), likely of Germanic origin related to Middle Dutch trippen ('to skip or hop').