a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
<noun.act> he took a trip to the shopping center
a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
<noun.state> an acid trip
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
<noun.event> he blamed his slip on the ice the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
an exciting or stimulating experience
<noun.event>
a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
<noun.artifact> the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
a light or nimble tread
<noun.act> he heard the trip of women's feet overhead
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
<noun.act> he recited the whole poem without a single trip he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later confusion caused his unfortunate misstep [ verb ]
Trip \Trip\, n. 1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. --Sir W. Scott.
2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. --Pope.
3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
Imperfect words, with childish trips. --Milton.
Each seeming trip, and each digressive start. --Harte.
4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. [Obs.] ``A trip of cheese.'' --Chaucer.
5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
And watches with a trip his foe to foil. --Dryden.
It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. --South.
6. (Naut.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Scott.]
8. A troop of men; a host. [Obs.] --Robert of Brunne.
9. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of widgeons.
Trip \Trip\ (tr[i^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tripped} (tr[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tripping}.] [OE. trippen; akin to D. trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See {Tramp}.] 1. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See {It}, 5.
This horse anon began to trip and dance. --Chaucer.
Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe. --Milton.
She bounded by, and tripped so light They had not time to take a steady sight. --Dryden.
2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
3. To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
4. Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail. ``Till his tongue trip.'' --Locke.
A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble. --South.
Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure. --Dryden.
What? dost thou verily trip upon a word? --R. Browning.
Trip \Trip\, v. t. 1. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of his cause. --Abp. Bramhall.
2. (Fig.): To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword. --Shak.
3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict; also called {trip up}. [R.]
These her women can trip me if I err. --Shak.
4. (Naut.) (a) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free. (b) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
5. (Mach.) To release, let fall, or set free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent; to activate by moving a release mechanism, often unintentionally; as, to trip an alarm. [1913 Webster +PJC]
He said six Indians arrested at Kingsville in south Texas earlier Thursday told agents that alien smugglers had made arrangements for their trip at Casa Romero and had picked them up there.
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will visit China on Feb. 11-14 on her first official trip abroad, the foreign ministry announced Sunday.
He said one recent trip to San Francisco, booked through Eastern's club, cost $175 round trip. "The cheapest (comparable) airfare I was able to find was $268," he said.
He said one recent trip to San Francisco, booked through Eastern's club, cost $175 round trip. "The cheapest (comparable) airfare I was able to find was $268," he said.
The committee is preparing a report on Anglo- Chinese relations. Lloyd Bentsen, the US treasury secretary, who is on a trip to Asia, arrives in Thailand.
Nixon's representatives and Chinese officials are arranging the details of a sixth visit, though Taylor did not rule out a future group trip.
President Fidel Castro of Cuba, in his first trip to South America in 17 years, was among seven Latin American and European presidents at the ceremony.
The trip is an exception to travel restrictions attached to his release on bail while he awaits a March trial on charges he helped the late leader of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, and his wife, Imelda, defraud their national treasury.
For travelers who don't want to lift a finger, there are tours by rail: Mexico's famed Copper Canyon with its 37 bridges and 86 tunnels; Canada coast-to-coast; a nostalgic trip on the Orient Express from Istanbul to Zurich, Switzerland.
Open up one of Doctorow's books and be prepared: Harry Houdini may come to visit; Emma Goldman might offer advice on love; and Admiral Peary may invite readers along on a trip to the North Pole.
Eskimos would not need visas to make the trip.
Laryngitis caused Nancy Reagan to cancel a trip today to a Nashville, Tenn., school that a snowstorm had prevented her from visiting once before.
When they trip the motion sensor, the camera takes a shot.
Shultz's trip is aimed at giving Central American leaders forceful assurances of U.S. support and at seeking common approaches for dealing with Nicaragua.
One major theme emerging from Mr. Bush's trip to Kiev, an ancient city dotted with golden-domed churches, was the key role of personal liberty in assuring the prosperity of a state.
Soviet rock star Victor Tsoi, lead singer of the popular group Kino, was killed in a car crash while returning from a fishing trip in Latvia, the Tass news agency reported Thursday.
The controversy developed after Mandela, on an otherwise triumphant 14-nation trip to promote his anti-apartheid efforts, said in Dublin that the British government should negotiate with the Irish Republican Army.
He said Shultz decided to make the trip Friday night after meeting his chief Mideast envoy, Philip Habib, who recently toured the area.
The world railway speed record is 319 mph, set by France's TGV last May. The new Shinkansen train will begin Tokyo-Osaka passenger service next year, traveling as fast as 167 mph and cutting 20 minutes off the current 2 1/2-hour trip.
A recession could trip up the Canadian dollar's recovery and a resumption of the dollar's decline against other major currencies would almost certainly drag the Canadian dollar down too.
The plane was flying from Nanaimo, British Columbia, to Kelso on a business trip Friday night for S. Madill Co., said company spokesman Steve Shaw.
It was Bush's second trip to the wide-screen theater, one of the museum's top attractions.
There have been widespread reports the trip would take place in mid-September.
It will take more than a big miscalculation of the UK balance of payments figures to trip up the slick-willies at the new-look Central Statistical Office.
The plane landed Saturday at the end of a trip that included stops in Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and Panama, said Customs spokesman Michael Sheehan.
The Dinwiddies sold most of their farming equipment to finance the trip, which they first discussed several years ago.
In Cairo, the favorite activity is a trip to al-Hussein, a bustling district of mosques and shops.
Ornakian and the others reckon that the money they make from each trip _ the equivalent in Lebanese pounds of about $250 _ is worth the chance.
Three dogs who accompanied a 3-year-old boy on a "pretend" fishing trip probably saved the child's life when he was lost in a forest for two days and nights, an emergency room physician said.
Unit commanders in Japan were to explain to military personnel how to apply for the trip, McCarthy said.