trips
Meaning of trips
verb, 3rd person present
- catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall.
he tripped over his cat
she tripped up during the penultimate lap
- walk, run, or dance with quick light steps.
they tripped up the terrace steps
- activate (a mechanism), especially by contact with a switch, catch, or other electrical device.
somebody tripped the alarm
- release and raise (an anchor) from the seabed by means of a cable.
- experience hallucinations induced by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD.
a couple of boys were tripping
he smoked weed and tripped out on acid
- go on a short journey.
when tripping through the Yukon take some time to explore our museums
- a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.
Sammy's gone on a school trip
a trip to America
- a stumble or fall due to catching one's foot on something.
trips and falls cause nearly half of all accidents
- a hallucinatory experience caused by taking a psychedelic drug, especially LSD.
acid trips
- a device that activates or disconnects a mechanism, circuit, etc.
a trip mechanism
- a light, lively movement of a person's feet.
yonder comes Dalinda; I know her by her trip
Middle English: from Old French triper, from Middle Dutch trippen ‘to skip, hop’.
plural noun- a flock or group of goats, sheep, or other animals.
she exchanged her cows for a trip of goats
- a small flock of wildfowl.
a small trip of dotterel alighted on the cricket field
Middle English: of unknown origin; perhaps related to troop.
Information about trips
- The singular form of trips is: trip.
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Hyphenation of trips
trips
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- trips is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
trips synonyms
Meaning trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall:
Meaning lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance:
Meaning walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall:
Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way:
Meaning move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it:
Meaning (of a person) lose one's balance and collapse:
Meaning fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong:
Meaning overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall:
Meaning move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce:
Meaning move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps:
Meaning (of a person) walk or move around with ostentatious, exaggerated movements:
Meaning dance a waltz:
Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:
Meaning move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards:
Meaning (of a person) move by jumping on one foot:
Meaning run or jump about playfully:
Meaning skip or dance about in a lively or playful way:
Meaning skip or leap playfully; frolic:
Meaning (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement:
Meaning make (something) active or operative:
Meaning cause (a device) to function:
Meaning turn over with a sudden quick movement:
Meaning propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand:
Meaning go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length:
Meaning travel somewhere:
Meaning make a tour of (an area):
Meaning go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot:
Meaning walk for a long distance, especially across country:
Meaning sail about in an area without a precise destination, especially for pleasure:
Meaning travel or wander from place to place:
Meaning a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity:
Meaning a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less:
Meaning a short excursion or journey made for pleasure:
Meaning an act of going to see a person or place as a guest, tourist, etc:
Meaning a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war:
Meaning a long journey involving travel by sea or in space:
Meaning an act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc:
Meaning a trip or journey in a car:
Meaning a short excursion made in a car:
Meaning a pilgrim's journey:
Meaning an extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling:
Meaning a short holiday, especially one lasting only two or three days:
Meaning an extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense:
Meaning a brief trip in a vehicle for pleasure:
Meaning a ride in a vehicle; a lift:
Meaning a journey, especially a long or meandering one:
Meaning a clumsy or badly judged step:
Meaning a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt:
trips antonyms
Meaning walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions:
Anagrams of trips
Words that rhyme with trips
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