TRIP
\tɹˈɪp], \tɹˈɪp], \t_ɹ_ˈɪ_p]\
Definitions of TRIP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
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an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
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a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
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a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"
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a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
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a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
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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"
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miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
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cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
By Princeton University
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put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
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an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
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a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
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a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"
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a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
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a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
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miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
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To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
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Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
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Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
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To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
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To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
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To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
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To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
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A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
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A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
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A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
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A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
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A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
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A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
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A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
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A troop of men; a host.
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A flock of widgeons.
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To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; - sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
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To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; - often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
By Oddity Software
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To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
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To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
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Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
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Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
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To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
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To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
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To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
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To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
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A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
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A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
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A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
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A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
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A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
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A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
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A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
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A troop of men; a host.
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A flock of widgeons.
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To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; - sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
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To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; - often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
By Noah Webster.
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To run or step lightly or nimbly; take short, quick steps; to skip; to make a misstep; to stumble; as, to trip over a board; to make a mistake or error, mentally or morally; as, he tripped in giving his answer.
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To execute with light, agile steps, as a dance; to cause to stumble; as, the loose board tripped him so that he fell; to cause to halt by getting in the way of; to catch in a mistake or deception; in machinery, to set free, as by pulling a catch, trigger, etc.
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A quick, short step; a misstep or false step; mistake; journey or excursion; in machinery, a device that releases.
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Tripped.
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Tripping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To move with short, light steps: to stumble and fall: to err: to fail.
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To cause to stumble by striking one's feet from under him: to overthrow by taking away support: to catch:-pr.p. tripping; pa.t. and pa.p. tripped.
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A light, short step: a catch by which an antagonist is thrown: a false step: a mistake: a short voyage or journey.
By Daniel Lyons
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A tripping step; excursion; catch which causes a fall; stumble; error.
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To cause to stumble or fall.
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To step lightly and quickly; to stumble; err.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To cause (one) to lose balance, stumble, or fall.
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To perform (a dance) lightly or nimbly.
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Mech. To free; release, as a catch.
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To move with light and nimble steps.
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To stumble; err.
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A short journey; excursion.
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A stumble; blunder.
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A nimble step.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A quick, light step; a skip; –a brief journey or voyage; an excursion or jaunt; –a false step; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance; –a slight error; a failure; a mistake; –a stroke or catch by which a wrestler supplants his antagonist.
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