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4-letter words (2 found)

RIPT,TRIP,

3-letter words (5 found)

PIR,PIT,RIP,RIT,TIP,

2-letter words (3 found)

IT,PI,TI,

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Definitions and meaning of trip

trip

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English trippen (tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance), perhaps from Old French triper (to hop or dance around, strike with the feet), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (to toddle, patter, trip)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (to trip), Swedish trippa (to mince, trip)), West Frisian tripje (to toddle, trip), German trippeln (to scurry), Old English treppan (to trample, tread). Related also to trap, tramp.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: trĭp, IPA(key): /tɹɪp/, [tʰɹɪp], [t͡ʃɹɪp]
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

trip (plural trips)

  1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
  2. A stumble or misstep.
  3. (figurative, archaic) An error; a failure; a mistake.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:error
  4. (colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
  5. (by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
  6. A faux pas, a social error.
  7. (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
  8. (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.
  9. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
  10. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
  11. (nautical) A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).
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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
  2. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
  3. (intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
  5. (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
  6. (intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event
  7. Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
  8. (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
  9. (intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.
  10. (intransitive, dated) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
  11. (nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
  12. (nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
  13. (slang, African-American Vernacular, most commonly used in the form tripping) To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
    1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To act foolishly or irrationally.
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Adjective

trip (not comparable)

  1. (poker slang) Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).

Etymology 2

From Middle English tryppe, from Old French trippe. Possibly related to troop.

Noun

trip (plural trips)

  1. (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
  2. (obsolete) A troop of men; a host.
  3. A flock of wigeons.

References

  • The Chambers Dictionary, 10th edition, entry trip.

See also

  • tray-trip

Anagrams

  • ript

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtrɪp]

Noun

trip m inan

  1. (slang) LSD
  2. (slang) period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations

Declension

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɪp/
  • Hyphenation: trip
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

trip m (plural trips, diminutive tripje n)

  1. a trip, a short excursion, a vacation, travelling
    Synonyms: plezierreis, uitje, uitstapje
  2. hallucination, tripping

Derived terms

  • lsd-trip
  • pleziertrip
  • zakentrip

Related terms

  • trippen

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit तृप्र (tṛprá, distress)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪rip/

Noun

trip

  1. sickness, trouble

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman trippe (dance).

Alternative forms

  • trippe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrip(ə)/

Noun

trip (plural trippus)

  1. An action that leads to a trip, fall or a bump; that which causes a misstep.
  2. (rare) A motion in a dance.
  3. (rare, Late Middle English) A voyage; an excursion.
Descendants
  • English: trip
  • Scots: trip
  • Welsh: trip
References
  • “trip(pe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.

Etymology 2

Noun

trip

  1. alternative form of tryppe

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrip/
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: trip

Noun

trip m inan

  1. (slang) trip (period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations)
    Synonym: haj
  2. (film) movie with phantasmagoric images and scenes

Declension

Further reading

  • trip in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [trip]

Noun

trip n (plural tripuri)

  1. (slang) trip (hallucination caused by drugs)

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾip/ [ˈt̪ɾip]
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: trip

Noun

trip m (plural trips)

  1. trip (hallucination)
    Synonym: cuelgue

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtɾip/ [ˈt̪ɾɪp̚]
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: trip

Noun

trip (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜉ᜔) (slang)

  1. plan; idea; undertaking (especially on a whim or impulse)
    Synonyms: balak, idea, plano
  2. something one likes to do (especially on a whim or impulse)
    Synonyms: gusto, kasayahan, kursunada, hilig
  3. act of taking advantage of someone (by duping, tricking, cheating, etc.)
    Synonyms: pananamantala, panloloko
  4. trip (hallucination due to drugs)

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Verb

trip (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜉ᜔) (slang)

  1. (pseudoverb) to want; to like (to do something, especially on a whim or impulse)
    Synonyms: gusto, nais

Further reading

  • “trip”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English trip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɪp/

Noun

trip m (plural tripiau or trips)

  1. trip (journey; stumble or misstep; period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations)

Mutation


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