Meaning of 'trip'

noun

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Example: "They recited the whole poem without a single trip."

Synonyms: trip-up stumble misstep

noun

a light or nimble tread

Example: "They heard the trip of smaller people's feet overhead."

noun

a journey for some purpose

Example: "We took a trip to the shopping center."

noun

a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

Example: "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

Synonyms: tripper

noun

an exciting or stimulating experience

Synonyms: head trip

noun

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

Synonyms: slip

noun

a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs

Example: "an acid trip"

verb

get high, stoned, or drugged

Example: "They trip every weekend."

Synonyms: turn on get off trip out

verb

put in motion or move to act

Synonyms: trigger spark activate set off actuate spark off trigger off touch off

verb

make a trip for pleasure

Synonyms: travel jaunt

verb

miss a step and fall or nearly fall

Synonyms: stumble

verb

cause to stumble

Example: "The questions on the test tripped us up."

Synonyms: trip up