trip Definition

trip
verb tripped, tripping

tr & intr
1. To stumble or make someone stumble.

Thesaurus: stumble, tumble, slip, lurch, founder, fall, pitch, topple.
Form: trip over (also)
Form: trip up
tr & intr
2. To make or cause to make a mistake.

Form: trip up (also)
3. To catch someone out, eg in a fault or mistake.
intr
4. To walk, skip or dance with short light steps.

Form: trip along (often)
intr
5. To move or flow smoothly and easily.

Example: words tripping off the tongue
intr
6. To take a trip or excursion.
intr
7. colloq
To experience the hallucinatory effects of a drug, especially LSD.
tr & intr
8. To activate or cause (a device or mechanism) to be activated, especially suddenly.
9. To perform (a dance) with quick light agile steps.

noun

1a. A short journey or excursion, especially for pleasure and usually to a place and back again;
1b. A journey of any length.

Thesaurus: excursion, tour, voyage, travel, jaunt, expedition, foray, junket.
2. A stumble; the act or process of accidentally catching the foot.
3. A short light step or skip.
4. A part or catch that can be struck in order to activate a mechanism.
5. An error or blunder.
6. colloq
A hallucinatory experience, especially one that is brought on by taking a drug, eg LSD.
Example: a bad trip
7. colloq
An intensely emotional experience. See also ego trip.

Derivative: tripper

See separate entries.

Idiom: trip the light fantastic

jocular
To dance.

Etymology: 15c: from French triper to strike with the foot, to dance.