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   Trip

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   • 1. catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall: "he tripped over his cat" Similar stumblelose one's footingcatch one's footsliplose one's balancestaggertotterslidefallfall downtumbletoppletake a spilldated:measure one's length
   • ▪ cause to stumble and fall: "she shot out her foot to trip him up"
   • ▪ make a mistake: "taxpayers often trip up by not declaring taxable income" Similar make a mistakemiscalculatemake a blunderblundergo wrongget something wrongmake an errorerrinformal:slip upscrew upmake a boo-booboobdrop a clangergoof up
   • ▪ detect or expose someone in an error, blunder, or inconsistency: "the man was determined to trip him up on his economics" Similar catch outtraptrickoutwitoutsmartput someone off their stridethrow off balancedisconcertunsettlediscountenancediscomfitinformal:throwwrong-footcatch on the hop
   • 2. walk, run, or dance with quick light steps: "they tripped up the terrace steps" Similar run lightlyskipdanceprancewaltzboundspringhopgambolcaperfriskscamperOpposite trudge
   • ▪ (of words) flow lightly and easily: "a name that trips off the tongue"
   • 3. activate (a mechanism), especially by contact with a switch, catch, or other electrical device: "an intruder trips the alarm" Similar set offactivatetriggerturn onswitch onflipthrow
   • ▪ (of part of an electric circuit) disconnect automatically as a safety measure: "the plugs will trip as soon as any change in current is detected"
   • 4. release and raise (an anchor) from the seabed by means of a buoyed line attached to the anchor's crown.
   • ▪ turn (a yard or other object) from a horizontal to a vertical position for lowering.
   • 5. experience hallucinations induced by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD: informal "they prance around tripping out on their hallucinogens"
   • ▪ be behaving in an irrational or crazy way: North American "you're tripping if you think I'm hanging around"
   • 6. go on a short journey: "when tripping through the Yukon take some time to explore our museums" Similar traveltake a tripgo on a trip/excursion/journeyjourneytourtrekhikecruiserare:peregrinate

   noun

   • 1. an act of going to a place and returning; a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure: "Sally's gone on a school trip" Similar excursionoutingjauntvisittourjourneyexpeditionvoyagetransferdriverunday outpilgrimageholidayminibreakinformal:junketspinhophurlrare:peregrination
   • 2. a stumble or fall due to catching one's foot on something: "trips and falls cause nearly half of all accidents" Similar stumbleslipmisstepfalse stepfalltumblespill
   • ▪ a mistake: archaic "an occasional trip in the performance" Similar mistakeerrorblundergaffeslipslip of the tongue/penlapseoversightindiscretionfaux paslapsus linguaelapsus calamiinformal:slip-upboo-boobonerhowlerfailboobclangergoofblooperbloop
   • 3. a hallucinatory experience caused by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD: informal "acid trips"
   • ▪ an exciting or stimulating experience: "it was a trip seeing him again"
   • ▪ a self-indulgent attitude or activity: "politics was a sixties trip"
   • 4. a device that activates or disconnects a mechanism, circuit, etc.: "a trip mechanism"
   • 5. a light, lively movement of a person's feet: archaic "yonder comes Dalinda; I know her by her trip"

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

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   What does tripped mean?

   • Define tripped. tripped synonyms, tripped pronunciation, tripped translation, English dictionary definition of tripped. n. 1. A going from one place to another; a journey. 2. A stumble or fall. 3. A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall. 4. A mistake. 5. Slang a.

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   What do you mean by a trip?

   • 2. a journey or run made by a boat, train, or the like, between two points. 3. a single course of travel taken as part of one's duty, work, etc.: my weekly trip to the bank. 4. a stumble; misstep. 5. a sudden impeding or catching of a person's foot so as to throw the person down. 6. a slip, error, or blunder.

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   What does tripping a witness mean?

   • to cause to stumble (often fol. by up): The rug tripped him up. hinder, obstruct, or overthrow. to cause to make a slip or error (often fol. by up): to trip up a witness by skillful questioning. to catch in a slip or error. to tip or tilt.

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   What is a tripping line?

   • to tip or tilt. Nautical to break out (an anchor) by turning over or lifting from the bottom by a line (tripping line)attached to the anchor's crown. Naval Terms to tip or turn (a yard) from a horizontal to a vertical position. Naval Terms to lift (an upper mast) before lowering.

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   verb. ˈtrip. tripped; tripping. Synonyms of trip. intransitive verb. 1. : to catch the foot against something so as to stumble. 2. : to make a mistake or false step (as in morality or accuracy) 3. a. : to dance, skip, or caper with light quick steps. b. : to walk with light quick steps. 4. : to stumble in articulation when speaking. 5.

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   TRIPPED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of trip 2. past simple and past participle of trip . Learn more.

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   TRIPPED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of trip 2. past simple and past participle of trip . Learn more.

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   Tripped is the past tense of trip, which can mean to stumble, to make a mistake, or to have a hallucinatory experience. Learn more about the different meanings and examples of trip and tripped from various sources.

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   a sudden impeding or catching of a person's foot so as to throw the person down, esp. in wrestling. a slip, mistake, error, or blunder. an error or lapse in conduct or etiquette. a light, nimble step or movement of the feet. [ Mach.]

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   Verb. Filter. verb. Simple past tense and past participle of trip. Wiktionary. Synonyms: stumbled. tumbled. slipped. lurched. slidden. foundered. pitched. plunged. sprawled. toppled. fallen. journeyed. passed. travelled. skittered. Antonyms: arisen. ascended. helped. corrected. fixed. Tripped Sentence Examples. Jonny tripped his senses again.

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    trip noun (TRAVEL) Add to word list. Add to word list. A2 [ C ] a journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again: trip from somewhere to somewhere The trip from Topeka to Grantville takes about 15 minutes by car. on a trip We're going on a trip out west this summer.