trip

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: trip

1	v n	miss a step and fall or nearly fall an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
2	n v	a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) make a trip for pleasure
3	v n	put in motion or move to act a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: trip

Type of:: move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

“The questions on the test tripped him up”

Types:: fall, spill, tumble
a sudden drop from an upright position; pratfall
a fall onto your buttocks; wipeout
a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

“he recited the whole poem without a single trip”

“he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later”

Type of:: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall
an embarrassing mistake

“he heard the trip of women's feet overhead”

Type of:: step
the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down

“he took a trip to the shopping center”

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; flight
a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; junket
a trip taken by an official at public expense; round trip
a trip to some place and back again; run
a regular trip; run
a short trip; trek
any long and difficult trip; errand
a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission; service call
a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service; connecting flight
a flight with an intermediate stop and a change of aircraft (possibly a change of airlines); direct flight
a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft; domestic flight
a flight that begins and ends in the same country; international flight
a flight that takes off in one country and lands in another; nonstop, nonstop flight
a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination; redeye, redeye flight
a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep

Type of:: journey, journeying
the act of traveling from one place to another

“an acid trip”

Type of:: hallucination
illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; junket, junketeer
go on a pleasure trip; travel to, visit
go to certain places as for sightseeing; journey, travel
undertake a journey or trip; ply, run
travel a route regularly; commute
travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home; peregrinate
travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; live out, sleep out
work in a house where one does not live; sightsee
visit famous or interesting sights; frequent, haunt
be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; tour
make a tour of a certain place; globe-trot
travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing; sledge
ride in or travel with a sledge; navigate, sail, voyage
travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; trek
make a long and difficult journey; trek
journey on foot, especially in the mountains

“He trips every weekend”

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

Type of:: initiate, pioneer
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

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