Trip meaning

What does “trip” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“trip” is a noun and verb with 12 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a journey for some purpose (usually including the return).

trip

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
“he took a trip to the shopping center”
a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
“an acid trip”
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
“he blamed his slip on the ice”
“the jolt caused many slips and a few spills”
Synonymsslip
an exciting or stimulating experience
Synonymshead trip
a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
“the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water”
Synonymstripper
a light or nimble tread
“he heard the trip of women's feet overhead”
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
“he recited the whole poem without a single trip”
“he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later”
Synonymstrip-up stumble misstep

miss a step and fall or nearly fall
“She stumbled over the tree root”
Synonymsstumble
cause to stumble
“The questions on the test tripped him up”
Synonymstrip up
make a trip for pleasure
Synonymstravel jaunt
put in motion or move to act
“trigger a reaction”
“actuate the circuits”
Synonymsactuate trigger activate set off spark off spark trigger off touch off
get high, stoned, or drugged
“He trips every weekend”
Synonymstrip out turn on get off

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University