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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.

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

trip (plural trips)

  1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.

    We made a trip to the beach.

    • 1918, Ralph Henry Barbour, Lost Island:

      I sold my horse and took a trip to Ceylon and back on an Orient boat as a passenger,

    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

      We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.

  2. A stumble or misstep.

    He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

  3. (figurative, archaic) An error; a failure; a mistake.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:error

    • 1767, Walter Harte, The amaranth; or, Religious poems:

      Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.

  5. (colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

    He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

    • 1967, Joe David Brown, editor, The Hippies, New York: Time, Inc, page 2:

      Unlike other accepted stimuli, from nicotine to liquor, the hallucinogens promise those who take the “trip” a magic-carpet escape from dull reality in which perceptions are heightened, sense distorted, and the imagination permanently bedazzled with ecstatic visions of teleological verity.

  6. (by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.

    nostalgia trip

    guilt trip

    • 1974 April 13, Heather Anderson, “Hustling”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

      Many of them admit to having suppressed any tendency toward homosexual behavior for the greater part of their lives—yet—denial becomes too heavy a trip after a period of time, and eventually curiosity wins out.

  7. A faux pas, a social error.
  8. (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
  9. (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.

    It's dark because the trip operated.

  10. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
  12. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.

    • 1661 December 10, Robert South, False Foundations Removed […] :

      It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.

    • 1697, Virgil, “Georgic II”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

      And watches with a trip his foe to foil.

  13. (nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trip”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

journey

stumble or misstep

period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations

engineering: mechanical cutout device

engineering: electrical cutout device

act of tripping someone

nautical: single board, or tack

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

    Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.

  2. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.

    A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

  3. (intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc

    • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 66, lines 152–155:

      And the Pharasay / Then durst nothynge say, / But let the matter slyp, / And made truth to tryp;

    • 1692–1717, Robert South, “Discourse upon 2 Thessalonians ii.II”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

      A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.

    • 1697, Virgil, translated by John Dryden, The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

      Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure.

    • 1897, Stanley John Weyman, “The Deanery Ball”, in For the Cause:

      "No, Mrs. Curzon-Bowlby," he said; "if I danced I should be tripping indeed, in Gleicester opinion."

  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.

    When we get into the factory, trip the lights.

  6. (intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event

    The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.

  7. Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).

    • 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 652:

      From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h.

    • 2023 August 23, “Network News: CCTV helps save track workers from being struck by train”, in RAIL, number 990, page 10:

      The 25kV had repeatedly tripped and the two had split from a larger group to operate an overhead line isolating switch.

  8. (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.

    After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.

    • 1970, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne (lyrics and music), “Fairies Wear Boots”, in Paranoid, performed by Black Sabbath:

      So, I went to the doctor, see what he could give me / He said, "Son, son, you've gone too far / 'Cause smokin' and trippin’ is all that you do," / Yeeeeeeaaaaaah

  9. (intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.

    Last summer, we tripped to the coast.

  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.

    • 2003, “What's a Pimp?”, in Married to the Game, performed by Too $hort:

      If she ain't with it, I find another little chick / I'm quick to switch, even when I was six / I had a backup bitch, when my bitch would trip / I'd go play with my other girlfriend and get me a kiss / And at the age of thirty-six I'm to the same old tricks

    1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To act foolishly or irrationally.

to fall over or stumble over an object

to cause to stumble

to activate or set in motion

to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate

to make a trip

trip (not comparable)

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

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

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

Borrowed from English trip.[1]

trip m inan

  1. (slang) LSD
  2. (slang) period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
  1. ^ Hugo, Jan et al., editors (2020), Slovník nespisovné češtiny:argot, slangy a obecná mluva od nejstarších dob po současnost. Historie a původ slov [Dictionary of non-standard Czech: argot, slang and common language from ancient times to the present. History and origin of words] (in Czech), 4th edition, Prague: Maxdorf, →ISBN, page 457

Borrowed from English trip.

trip m (plural trips, diminutive tripje n)

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

From Sanskrit तृप्र (tṛprá, “distress”)

trip

  1. sickness, trouble

From Anglo-Norman trippe (“dance”).

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.

trip

  1. Alternative form of tryppe

Borrowed from English trip.

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

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
  • trip in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from English trip.

trip n (plural tripuri)

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

    Am avut un trip nasol. Iarba asta nu e de calitate.

    I had a shitty trip. This isn't quality herb.

Borrowed from English trip.

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

trip m (plural trips)

  1. trip (hallucination)
    Synonym: cuelgue

Borrowed from English trip.

trip (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜉ᜔) (slang)

  1. plan; idea; undertaking (especially on a whim or impulse)
    Synonyms: balak, idea, plano

    • 2008, Khavn De La Cruz, Ultraviolins, UP Press, →ISBN, page 182:

      Wala, trip ko lang, wala lang akong magawa. May reklamo ka? Ako wala. Wala akong pakialam sa yo at sa kung ano mang iniisip mo. Bakit sa SM? Kase. Kase pareho ng initials ko. Yun lang.

      Nothing, just my idea, ['coz] I have nothing to do. Any problems? Nothing. I don't mind you and anything you think. Why in SM? Coz. Coz it's the same initials as mine. Just that.
  2. something one likes to do (especially on a whim or impulse)
    Synonyms: gusto, kasayahan, kursunada, hilig

    • 1989, National Mid-week:

      May asawa at anak ang lalaki, pero trip niya ang mamboso at mambastos sa telepono. Ginagamit ng lalaki ang ... ang mensahe ng pelikula. Ang problema ay nakaka-depress dahil mahirap labanan nang ganoon ang lalaking sira ang ulo.

      The man has a wife and a son, but he likes to harass and flirt with women on the telephone. The man uses the message of the movie. The problem is depressing because it's difficult to fight such a stupid man.

    • 1998, Honorio Bartolome De Dios, Sa Labas Ng Parlor, University of Philippines Press, →ISBN:

      Siguro nga napapayag mo siya, pero, nilasing mo 'yung tao, e. Hindi ko siya nilasing. Pareho kaming lasing n'ung gabing 'yun. Arnold, kilala ko ang kumpare ko. Matagal na kaming magkasama niyan. Ang trip talaga niya 'pag lasing, sex.

      You possible enticed her, but, you made the person drunk, don't you? I didn't made her drunk. We're both drunk that night. Arnold, I know my buddies. We've been together for long. What she likes when drunk is to have sex.
  3. act of taking advantage of someone (by duping, tricking, cheating, etc.)
    Synonyms: pananamantala, panloloko
  4. trip (hallucination due to drugs)

trip (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜉ᜔) (slang)

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

    Trip ko lang na mambasag ng mga bintana ng kotse, kasi sabog ako n'on.

    I'ved just wanted to break car windows, 'coz I'm high that time.
  • “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