Dictionary Definition
trip
Noun
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" [syn: slip]
4 an exciting or stimulting experience [syn:
head
trip]
5 a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the
pressure activates the tripper and releases the water" [syn:
tripper]
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" [syn: trip-up, stumble, misstep]
Verb
1 miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She
stumbled over the tree root" [syn: stumble]
2 cause to stumble; "The questions on the test
tripped him up" [syn: trip up]
4 put in motion or move to act; "trigger a
reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off,
spark, trigger off,
touch
off]
5 get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every
weekend" [syn: trip out,
turn on,
get off]
[also: tripping,
tripped]tripped See
trip
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
tripped- past of trip