trip

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Etymology

From Old French tripper (noun is from the verb), from a Frankish source: compare Middle Dutch trippen, Middle Low German trippen (Danish trippe), Frisian tripje.

Noun

trip (plural trips)

A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
We made a trip to the beach.
- Alexander Pope
  I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.
A stumble or misstep.
He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.
(figuratively) An error; a failure; a mistake.
- Milton
  Imperfect words, with childish trips.
- Harte
  Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.
A period of time in which one experiences drug -induced reverie or hallucinations.
He had a strange trip after taking LSD.
A faux pas, a social error.
Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
ego trip; power trip; nostalgia trip; guilt trip
(engineering) A mechanical or electrical cutout device
It's dark because the trip operated.
A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
- Sir Walter Scott
  His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door.
(obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
- Chaucer
  A trip of cheese.
The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
- Dryden
  And watches with a trip his foe to foil.
- South
  It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.
(nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
(obsolete) A troop of men; a host.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Robert of Brunne to this entry?)
A flock of wigeons.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Derived terms

Terms derived from trip (noun)

Translations

a journey

Arabic: رحلة (ar) (ríḥla) f
Basque: bidaia (eu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旅行 (cmn) (lǚxíng), 旅遊 (cmn), 旅游 (cmn) (lǚyóu), 旅途 (cmn) (lǚtú), 旅程 (cmn) (lǚchéng)
Czech: výlet (cs) m
Danish: rejse (da)
Dutch: tocht (nl) m
Estonian: retk (et)
Faroese: ferð (fo), reisa (fo)
Finnish: matka (fi), reissu (fi), retki (fi)
French: (long) voyage (fr) m, (short) balade (fr) m, tour (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Reise (de) f
Greek: ταξίδι (el) (taksíði) n
Hindi: यात्रा (hi) (yātrā) f, सैर (hi) (sair) f
Hungarian: kirándulás (hu), utazás (hu)

Icelandic: ferð (is), för (is), reisa (is)
Interlingua: viage (ia)
Italian: viaggio (it) m, gita (it) f
Japanese: 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō), 旅 (ja) (たび, tabi)
Korean: 여행 (ko) (yeohaeng)
Latin: iter (la) n
Norwegian: reise (no)
Old Norse: ferð
Polish: wycieczka (pl) f, podróż (pl) f
Portuguese: viagem (pt) f
Romanian: excursie (ro) f, voiaj (ro) n
Russian: поездка (ru) (pojézdka) f, путешествие (ru) (putešéstvije) n
Scottish Gaelic: cuairt (gd) f, turas (gd) m
Skolt Sami: väärr
Spanish: viaje (es) m
Swedish: resa (sv) c, tripp (sv) c, tur (sv) c

a stumble or misstep

Finnish: kompastuminen (fi), kompastus (fi)
French: faux pas (fr) m
Japanese: (misstep) 踏み違え (ja) (ふみちがえ, fumichigae), (stumble) 躓き (ja) (つまづき, tsumazuki)

Polish: potknięcie (pl)
Russian: спотыкание (ru) (spotykánije) n
Spanish: tropezar (es)
Swedish: felsteg (sv) n

period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations

Finnish: trippi (fi), huumetrippi (fi)
French: trip (fr) m
German: Trip (de) m, Drogenrausch (de) m
Japanese: (feeling of intoxification) 陶酔感 (ja) (とうすいかん, tōsuikan), (hallucinations) 幻覚症状 (ja) (げんかくしょうじょう, genkaku shōjō), (slang) トリップ (ja) (torippu)

Russian: приход (ru) (prixód) m
Swedish: tripp (sv) c, drogrus (sv) n, narkotikarus (sv) n

a faux pas, a social error

Finnish: kömmähdys (fi), etikettivirhe (fi)
French: faux pas (fr) m, bévue (fr) f

Japanese: 無作法 (ja) (ぶさほう, busahō), 不作法 (ja) (ぶさほう, busahō), 不謹慎 (ja) (ふきんしん, fukinshin)

Verb

trip (third-person singular simple present trips, present participle tripping, simple past and past participle tripped)

(intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.
Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.
(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.
A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
  Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.
(transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
(intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event.
The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.
(intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
To journey, to make a trip.
Last somewhere we tripped to the coast.

Derived terms

Terms derived from trip (verb)

Translations

fall over or stumble over an object

Catalan: entrebancar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 絆倒 (cmn) (bàndǎo)
Czech: zakopnout (cs)
Dutch: struikelen (nl)
Finnish: kompastua (fi)
French: trébucher (fr), s'enfarger (fr) (Canada), se prendre les pieds (dans) (fr)
German: stolpern (de)

Italian: inciampare (it)
Japanese: (stumble) 躓く (ja) (つまづく, tsumazuku), (fall over) 転ぶ (ja) (転ぶ, korobu)
Romanian: împiedica (ro)
Russian: спотыкаться (ru) (spotykát'sja) impf., споткнуться (ru) (spotknút'sja) pf., запинаться (ru) (zapinát'sja) impf., запнуться (ru) (zapnút'sja) pf.
Spanish: tropezar (es)

to cause to stumble

Finnish: kampata (fi), kampittaa (fi)
French: faire un croche-pied (fr)
Japanese: よろめかせる (ja) (yoromekaseru), 転ばせる (ja) (ころばせる, korobaseru)

Maori: rapahuki (mi)
Spanish: hacer topezar (es)

to activate or set in motion

Finnish: laukaista (fi), kytkeä (fi)

Japanese: 作動させる (ja) (さどうさせる, sadō saseru)

to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate

Finnish: trippailla (fi), tripata (fi)
French: triper (fr)
Icelandic: trippa (is)

Japanese: (slang) トリップする (ja) (とりっぷする, torippu suru)
Norwegian: reise (no)
Portuguese: viajar (pt)

to make a trip

Finnish: matkustaa (fi), matkata (fi)
Japanese: 旅行する (ja) (りょこうする, ryokō suru), 旅する (ja) (たびする, tabi suru), (generic for "to go out") 外出する (ja) (がいしゅつする, gaishutsu suru)

Portuguese: viajar (pt)
Swedish: göra en resa (sv)

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