Definition of Trip

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Definition of Trip

Trip

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.

To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.

To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.

Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.

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.

Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.

To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.

A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.

A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.

A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.

A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.

A troop of men; a host.

A flock of widgeons.

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Trip Quotations

When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.
Bill Gates

I've been here before and will come again, but I'm not going this trip through.
Bob Marley

I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport.
Henny Youngman

The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip.
Henny Youngman

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
John Locke

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.
John Steinbeck

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
John Steinbeck

The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Dave Barry

The most interesting guy I've ever played with was King Hassan of Morocco. I went over there on a trip in the early 1970s, and the King and I played five holes. I've never been that nervous in my life.
Lee Trevino

Trip Translations

trip in Afrikaans is reis
trip in Danish is rejse
trip in Dutch is tocht, toer, reis, trip
trip in Finnish is matka
trip in French is voyage, broncher, trajet
trip in German is Abstecher, Trip {m}, Reise
trip in Italian is escursione, tratto, incespicare
trip in Norwegian is reise
trip in Portuguese is desengate
trip in Spanish is excursion, topetar, viaje

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