Meaning & Definition of Trip in English

1. A journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

• "He took a trip to the shopping center"

2. A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs

• "An acid trip"

3. An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

• "He blamed his slip on the ice"

• "The jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

4. An exciting or stimulating experience

5. A catch mechanism that acts as a switch

• "The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

6. A light or nimble tread

• "He heard the trip of women's feet overhead"

7. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder

• "He recited the whole poem without a single trip"

• "He arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"

• "Confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

1. Miss a step and fall or nearly fall

• "She stumbled over the tree root"

2. Cause to stumble

• "The questions on the test tripped him up"

3. Make a trip for pleasure

4. Put in motion or move to act

• "Trigger a reaction"

• "Actuate the circuits"

5. Get high, stoned, or drugged

• "He trips every weekend"