trips

Meaning of trips

verb, 3rd person present
  1. catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall.
    he tripped over his cat
    she tripped up during the penultimate lap
  2. walk, run, or dance with quick light steps.
    they tripped up the terrace steps
  3. activate (a mechanism), especially by contact with a switch, catch, or other electrical device.
    somebody tripped the alarm
  4. release and raise (an anchor) from the seabed by means of a cable.
  5. experience hallucinations induced by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD.
    a couple of boys were tripping
    he smoked weed and tripped out on acid
  6. go on a short journey.
    when tripping through the Yukon take some time to explore our museums
plural noun
  1. a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.
    Sammy's gone on a school trip
    a trip to America
  2. a stumble or fall due to catching one's foot on something.
    trips and falls cause nearly half of all accidents
  3. a hallucinatory experience caused by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD.
    acid trips
  4. a device that activates or disconnects a mechanism, circuit, etc.
    a trip mechanism
  5. a light, lively movement of a person's feet.
    yonder comes Dalinda; I know her by her trip

Middle English: from Old French triper, from Middle Dutch trippen ‘to skip, hop’.

plural noun
  1. a flock or group of goats, sheep, or other animals.
    she exchanged her cows for a trip of goats
  2. a small flock of wildfowl.
    a small trip of dotterel alighted on the cricket field

Middle English: of unknown origin; perhaps related to troop.

Information about trips

Hyphenation of trips

trips

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • trips is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

trips synonyms

Meaning trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall:

stumble

Meaning lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance:

slip

Meaning walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall:

stagger

Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way:

totter

Meaning move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it:

slide

Meaning (of a person) lose one's balance and collapse:

fall

Meaning fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong:

tumble

Meaning overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall:

topple

Meaning move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce:

skip

Meaning move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps:

dance

Meaning (of a person) walk or move around with ostentatious, exaggerated movements:

prance

Meaning dance a waltz:

waltz

Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:

bound

Meaning move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards:

spring

Meaning (of a person) move by jumping on one foot:

hop

Meaning run or jump about playfully:

gambol

Meaning skip or dance about in a lively or playful way:

caper

Meaning skip or leap playfully; frolic:

frisk

Meaning (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement:

scamper

Meaning make (something) active or operative:

activate

Meaning cause (a device) to function:

trigger

Meaning turn over with a sudden quick movement:

flip

Meaning propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand:

throw

Meaning go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length:

travel

Meaning travel somewhere:

journey

Meaning make a tour of (an area):

tour

Meaning go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot:

trek

Meaning walk for a long distance, especially across country:

hike

Meaning sail about in an area without a precise destination, especially for pleasure:

cruise

Meaning travel or wander from place to place:

peregrinate

Meaning a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity:

excursion

Meaning a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less:

outing

Meaning a short excursion or journey made for pleasure:

jaunt

Meaning an act of going to see a person or place as a guest, tourist, etc:

visit

Meaning a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war:

expedition

Meaning a long journey involving travel by sea or in space:

voyage

Meaning an act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc:

transfer

Meaning a trip or journey in a car:

drive

Meaning a short excursion made in a car:

run

Meaning a pilgrim's journey:

pilgrimage

Meaning an extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling:

holiday

Meaning a short holiday, especially one lasting only two or three days:

minibreak

Meaning an extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense:

junket

Meaning a brief trip in a vehicle for pleasure:

spin

Meaning a ride in a vehicle; a lift:

hurl

Meaning a journey, especially a long or meandering one:

peregrination

Meaning a clumsy or badly judged step:

misstep

Meaning a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt:

spill

trips antonyms

Meaning walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions:

trudge

Anagrams of trips

spirt, sprit, stirp, strip

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