| NOUN | act | trip | a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | trip | a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs | |
| event | trip, slip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | |
| event | trip, head trip | an exciting or stimulating experience | |
| artifact | trip, tripper | a catch mechanism that acts as a switch | |
| act | trip | a light or nimble tread | |
| act | trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | |
| VERB | motion | trip, stumble | miss a step and fall or nearly fall |
| motion | trip, trip up | cause to stumble / stumble | |
| motion | trip, travel, jaunt | make a trip for pleasure | |
| creation | trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off | put in motion or move to act | |
| consumption | trip, trip out, turn on, get off | get high, stoned, or drugged |
| Sounds | trih'p | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp... | |
| Meaning | A journey for some purpose (usually including the return). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he took a trip to the shopping center" | |
| Narrower | errand | A short / short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission |
| flight | A scheduled trip by plane between designated airports | |
| junket | A trip taken by an official at public expense | |
| round trip | A trip to some place and back again | |
| run | A regular trip | |
| run | A short trip | |
| service call | A trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service | |
| trek | Any long / long and difficult trip | |
| Broader | journey, journeying | The act of traveling from one place to another |
| Spanish | viaje | |
| Catalan | viatge | |
| Verbs | trip | make a trip for pleasure |
| Meaning | A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "an acid trip" | |
| Broader | hallucination | illusory perception |
| Spanish | viaje | |
| Catalan | viatge | |
| Verbs | trip | get high, stoned, or drugged |
| Meaning | An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | slip | |
| Narrower | spill, tumble, fall | A sudden drop from an upright position |
| Broader | mishap, misadventure, mischance | An instance of misfortune |
| Spanish | traspié, tropezón, tropiezo | |
| Catalan | ensopegada, patinada, relliscada | |
| Verbs | trip | miss a step and fall or nearly fall |
| trip | cause to stumble / stumble | |
| Meaning | An exciting or stimulating experience. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | head trip | |
| Broader | experience | An event as apprehended |
| Spanish | viaje | |
| Meaning | A catch mechanism that acts as a switch. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water" | |
| Synonym | tripper | |
| Broader | catch, stop | A restraint that checks the motion of something |
| Spanish | descargador | |
| Verbs | trip | put in motion or move to act |
| Meaning | A light or nimble tread. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead" | |
| Broader | step | The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down |
| Spanish | paso ligero | |
| Meaning | An unintentional but embarrassing blunder. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonyms | trip-up, stumble, misstep | |
| Broader | blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo | An embarrassing mistake |
| Spanish | desliz, paso en falso, traspié, trompicón, tropezón, tropiezo | |
| Catalan | ensopegada, entrebancada | |
| Meaning | miss a step and fall or nearly fall. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | stumble | |
| Entails | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Caused by | trip, trip up | Cause to stumble / stumble |
| Narrower | founder | stumble and nearly fall |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Nouns | trip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall |
| tripper | a walker or runner who trips and almost falls | |
| Meaning | Cause to stumble / stumble. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The questions on the test tripped him up" | |
| Synonym | trip up | |
| Cause to | stumble, trip | miss a step and fall or nearly fall |
| Spanish | chocar | |
| Catalan | ensopegar | |
| Nouns | trip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall |
| Meaning | make a trip for pleasure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | travel, jaunt | |
| Cause to | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Narrower | commute | travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home |
| junketeer, junket | go on a pleasure trip | |
| peregrinate | Travel around, through, or over, especially on foot | |
| ply, run | Travel a route regularly | |
| travel, journey | undertake a journey or trip | |
| travel to, visit | go to certain places as for sightseeing | |
| Spanish | ir de excursión, viajar | |
| Catalan | viatjar | |
| Nouns | trip | a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) |
| tripper | a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | |
| Meaning | put in motion or move to act. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off | |
| Cause to | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
| Broader | initiate, pioneer | Take the lead or initiative in |
| Spanish | accionar, activar, desencadenar, provocar | |
| Catalan | accionar, activar | |
| Nouns | tripper, trip | a catch mechanism that acts as a switch |
| Meaning | Get high, stoned, or drugged. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something | |
| Example | "He trips every weekend" | |
| Synonyms | trip out, turn on, get off | |
| Caused by | drug, do drugs | Use recreational drugs |
| Spanish | colocarse, drogarse | |
| Catalan | col·locar-se, drogar-se | |
| Nouns | trip | a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs |
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