trip  /trɪp/

noun

1. a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"

synset: trip

2. a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"

synset: 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"

synset: slip, trip

4. an exciting or stimulating experience

synset: trip, head_trip

5. a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

synset: tripper, trip

6. a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"

synset: trip

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"

synset: trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep

verb

1. miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"

synset: stumble, trip

2. cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"

synset: trip, trip_up

3. make a trip for pleasure

synset: travel, trip, jaunt

4. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

synset: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set_off, spark_off, spark, trigger_off, touch_off

5. get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"

synset: trip, trip_out, turn_on, get_off

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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