Dictionary definition · trip
noun
- a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)"he took a trip to the shopping center"
- a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs"an acid trip"
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall"he blamed his slip on the ice"
- an exciting or stimulating experience
- a catch mechanism that acts as a switch"the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
- a light or nimble tread"he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
- an unintentional but embarrassing blunder"he recited the whole poem without a single trip"
verb
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall"She stumbled over the tree root"
- cause to stumble"The questions on the test tripped him up"
- make a trip for pleasure
- put in motion or move to act"trigger a reaction"
- get high, stoned, or drugged"He trips every weekend"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).