trip meaning and definition

TRIP noun

Definition of trip (noun)

1. a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
   • "he took a trip to the shopping center"
2. a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
   • "an acid trip"
3. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
   • "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
   • synonyms: slip
4. an exciting or stimulating experience
   • synonyms: head trip
5. a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
   • "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
   • synonyms: tripper
6. a light or nimble tread
   • "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
7. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
   • "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
   • synonyms: misstep, stumble, trip-up

TRIP verb

Definition of trip (verb)

1. miss a step and fall or nearly fall
   • "She stumbled over the tree root"
   • synonyms: stumble
2. cause to stumble
   • "The questions on the test tripped him up"
   • synonyms: trip up
3. make a trip for pleasure
   • synonyms: jaunt, travel
4. put in motion or move to act
   • "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
   • synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off
5. get high, stoned, or drugged
   • "He trips every weekend"
   • synonyms: get off, trip out, turn on