tripn.1
/trɪp/, U.S. /trɪp/ (The order of the senses here is not chronological, but follows that of the verb.)
I. Senses relating to a step or journey.
1. † b. spec. A kind of step in dancing. Obsolete.† c. figurative apparently A step towards accomplishing something. Obsolete. rare.
a. The action or an act of tripping or moving lightly and quickly; a light lively movement of the feet; tripping gait or tread; the sound of this.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > light
trip-and-go1532
trip1585
tripping1594
trippingness1827
patting1860
skitter1959
1585 A. Munday tr. L. Pasqualigo Fedele & Fortunio sig. Biv Finer in trip and swifter then the Roe.
1694 J. Dryden Love Triumphant iv. i. 63 Yonder comes Dalinda; I know her by her Trip.
1747 R. Forbes Lyon in Mourning (1895) I. 117 Some..used to take a dance in the cabin..they could not prevail with her to take a trip.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xiv. 215 He sometimes could distinctly hear the trip of a light female step. View more context for this quotation
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxii. 243 How each his legs in nimble trip Lifts up, and makes a clearance!
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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps
reprise1521
double1531
reprinse1531
single1531
hop1579
cross-pointa1592
trip1601
back-tricka1616
inturna1627
shorta1652
coupee1673
cut1676
fleuret1677
bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706
contretemps1706
cross-step1728
boring1775
pigeon wing1807
pas de basque1818
cross-cut1842
flicflac1852
buckle-covering1859
reverse1888
reversing1892
cross-stepping1893
box step1914
jump turn1924
moonwalk1969
coupé-
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iv. sig. E2v Both the swimme, and the trip, are properly mine; euery body will affirme it, that has any iudgement in dauncing. View more context for this quotation
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > a step towards accomplishing something
advance1648
trip1682
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 6 The King..takes them in the very nick and first Tripp that they made towards their design, convicts them of the Treason [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
2. figurative. in the trip of a minute, in the movement or passage of a minute, in a minute's space.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > shortness in time [phrase] > instantaneously
as thou turnest thine handc1225
at a brusha1400
at one (also a) bruntc1450
with a whisk1487
with a whip Sir John1550
in the turn (also turning) of a hand1564
with or at a wink1585
at a blowa1616
in a wink1693
at a stroke1709
in or wi' a whid1719
in the trip of a minute1728
with a thrash1870
the twinkling of a bedpost1871
in a whisk1900
in jig-time1916
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 59 They'll whip it up, in the Trip of a Minute.
1899 Literature 25 Nov. 515/1 Mr. Zangwill's [prologue] has caught the ‘trip’ of the old fashioned prologue.
3. A short voyage or journey; a ‘run’. Apparently originally a sailor's term, but very soon extended to a journey on land.† d. An account or description of a journey. Obsolete.
a. A short voyage or run of a ship, between two points, or to a point and back again; each of a series of short runs made by a ship or boat; hence also, a short voyage in a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > a voyage > short voyage or trip
trip1691
run1809
flutter1857
spin1875
booze cruise1994
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 12 [A vessel pronounced] not to be fit for her being adventured to Sea..for more than a small tripp.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 15 Making a Tripp for England.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 106 After three or four Trips return'd, and anchor'd where we came from.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. lvi It will be what mariners call a trip to England.
1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. ii. i. 293 The little boat was obliged to make three trips before we could all get over to the rest of the party.
1773 Life N. Frowde 81 We were one Voyage to Dantzic and Hamburgh, another to Copenhagen and Stockholm,..During all these Trips, my Polly and I wrote to each other.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxi. 169 The good steamer Pirate, which lay at the levee, ready for a trip up the Red River.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Trip, an outward bound passage or short voyage, particularly in the coasting trade.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xvi. 270 Two trips were required to transport the increased numbers.
b. A short journey or run on land; esp. each of a series of journeys or runs over a particular route.The meaning in quot. c1440 is doubtful.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > excursion > short
short cuta1568
trip1699
run1819
jump1923
runaround1949
c1440 York Myst. xviii. 133 An aungell..bad me flee With hym and þe On-to Egipte. And sertis I dred me sore To make my smale trippe.]
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. viii. 94 I pass'd the Isthmus twice, and was 23 days in the last Trip that I made over it.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 53 If ever he makes a Trip by Land, it's a Wonder.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xvi. 169 The food I could bring from the vessel by occasional trips with my dog-team.
1901 Daily News 3 Jan. 6/4 These two men work on eight-trip shifts, each trip consisting of an eastward and westward journey.
1906 Daily News 22 Dec. 6 The 'bus-driver..is paid by ‘trip’, and anxious to get his trips done.
c. A short journey (by sea or land) for pleasure or health, an excursion (more fully pleasure trip); in later use often applied to such a journey whatever its length. Also applied to a passage by rail provided at a fare lower than the usual; a cheap trip, an excursion; occasionally short for ‘party of trippers’ or ‘trip-train’.This arose imperceptibly out of a or b, and it is not easy to fix its first use.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > excursion > for pleasure
jaunt1678
trip1749
excursion1779
run1780
pleasure trip1829
pleasuring1869
booze cruise1994
1749 Lady Luxborough Let. Nov. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 159 If you would take a trip to this little Retreat at this melancholy season.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 152 A passage over the Alps, or a journey across the Pyrenees, appear petty trips or excursions, in the comparison.
1812 Religionism 25 Lectureship Will meet th' expences of a country trip.
1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 18 Later trips to Margate made him love Kent and the sea.
1880 Sat. Rev. 2 Oct. 423/2 On inquiring..what it all means, he is told that ‘a trip is in’ from some large manufacturing town, and his peace is gone, for that day at least.
1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 29 Aug. 14/1 [They] hurry off on flying trips to Kerry or Connemara.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun]
itinerary1483
peregrination1548
travels1579
voyage1587
itinerario1588
journal1600
trip1712
itinerarium1747
logbook1791
tour1812
log1825
travel document1892
travelogue1898
1712 J. Swift Proposal for Eng. Tongue 24 Those monstrous Productions, which under the Names of Trips, Spies, Amusements, and other conceited Appellations, have over-run us for some Years past.
e. Each run or voyage of a fishing vessel; also (U.S.) the catch or take of fish during a single run; the proceeds of a trip in fish.
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1891 in Cent. Dict.
f. Mining. A train of cars run in and out of a mine as a single unit.
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1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
g. colloquial. this (or that) trip: on this (or that) particular time; on the occasion specified.
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the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at a particular or certain time
at, in, on a season13..
therea1400
this, that bout1660
this (or that) trip1746
at this (also that) point in time1957
1746 C. Knowles Let. 19 Sept. in J. S. McLennan Louisbourg (1918) x. 174 M. le Duc with all his force shan't have Louisbourg this Trip.
1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxvii. 188 I guess I'll let you off this trip.
1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands ii. 18 Copped out that trip, didn't yeh?
h. Horse Racing. The distance from start to finish of a race.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > distance of
trip1959
1959 Times 1 June 16/7 Dan Cupid is a stocky..colt with..little on public form to prove he can get the trip.
1969 Australian 24 May 34/5 Koranui: eighth to Deep Court over 14¼f here last Sat. Looks tested at this trip from 24 yd.
1977 Cork Examiner 6 June 8/9 The highly fancied Pharly, who beat Crystal Palace three weeks ago in the Prix Lupin at Longchamp over a slightly shorter trip.
4. Nautical. A single board or reach in tacking; a tack. Also transferred a run on land.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > beating against the wind > tacking > a tack or beat
fetch1555
traverse?1574
tack1614
trip1700
beat1880
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 34 I Tack'd about, and made a Trip over Moor-fields.
1708 Constitutions Company Watermen & Lightermen lxi If any Tilt-Boat-Master..shall..turn to Windward in any of the said Boats except one Trip in each particular Reach.
1722 Capt. Ogle in London Gaz. No. 6091/3 The wind took me a-head and I made two Trips.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Trip..also denotes a single board in plying to windward.
5. slang (originally U.S.).
a. A hallucinatory experience induced by a drug, esp. LSD.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [noun] > effects of hallucinatory drugs
trip1959
freaking-out1965
acid trip1966
freak-out1966
head trip1967
tripping1968
turn-on1969
trippiness1976
1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself iii. 245 I took some mescaline... At the end of a long and private trip which no quick remark should try to describe, the book of The Deer Park floated into mind.
1960 J. Gelber Connection i. 23 All right, junkies. During our trip we will incorporate an allied art—the motion picture.
1966 Daily Tel. 10 Aug. 13/3 The tape-recorder picked up the horrifying moans and shrieks of one man who had made 33 pleasurable ‘trips’ with LSD and was encountering his first ‘freakout,’ or bad LSD experience.
1971 Sci. Amer. Sept. 240/3 One of the volunteers had a bad trip, entering a panicky and nearly psychotic state.
1975 I. Murdoch Word Child 301 You were under the influence. He tried to talk to you... I said you were on a trip.
b. transferred and figurative. An experience, esp. a stimulating one.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [noun] > an exciting experience
fitc1325
trip1966
E ticket1974
1966 Time 1 July 50 The Jefferson Airplane flies on weekends at a discothèque in Fillmore Auditorium, where projectors flash quivering, amoeba-like patterns on the walls to induce the dancers ‘to take a ‘trip’..without drugs’.
1968 L. W. Robinson Assassin (1969) xii. 128 Their passion was a long one.., as though they hated to come back, ever, from the rocking, tossing, sweet trip.
1970 Time 3 Aug. 32 Part of the message is in the drug argot that he [sc. Arthur Blessitt] raps out to his street audiences: ‘You don't need no pills. Jes' drop a little Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Christ is the ultimate, eternal trip.’
1974 Melody Maker 13 July 3/7 The drums are bright shiny cab yellow by the way. It's a trip.
1978 G. Vidal Kalki iv. 91 On the other hand, the shop itself was not only exotic, it was a trip, as the addicts say.
c. An activity, attitude, or state of mind, esp. one that is delusory or self-indulgent. Cf. ego-trip n. at ego n. Compounds 2.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness > self-pleasing or self-indulgence > activity or period devoted to
fling1827
trip1967
power trip1968
ego-trip1969
1967 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (new ed.) Suppl. 708/2 Trip,..any activity, outing, period of time, or way of life. Some beat and student use since c 1965.
1969 Gandalf's Garden iv. 9/1 I was originally on the jazz scene and in a terrible state. You know, doing the whole bit, being on the phoney junkie trip which nearly every jazz musician was on.
1970 J. Popenoe Inside Summerhill 104 It [sc. a gang] was a great power trip for the 14-year-old boy who was the leader.
1972 V. Ferdinand in A. Chapman New Black Voices 470 It's an unbelievable trip to think that the absence of quality is the cause for the exclusion of Black writers when there is so much garbage being dumped on the heads of people by white publishers.
1974 K. Millet Flying iii. 282 Hoping is a trip, and it's hopeless anyway.
1977 New Musical Express 12 Feb. 8/2 Transcribed onto paper his words may sound like a speech by a musician with delusions of grandeur, but Piazzo ain't into that trip.
1979 R. L. Simon Peking Duck xvi. 117 I shouldn't bother—politics was a sixties trip.
II. Senses relating to a stumble or slip.
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a. ‘A stroke or catch by which the wrestler supplants his antagonist’ (Johnson); a sudden catching of a person's foot with one's own so as to cause him to lose his balance and stumble or fall.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > manoeuvres
swengOE
turn?c1225
castc1400
trip1412
fall?a1425
foil1553
collar1581
lock1598
faulx1602
fore-hip1602
forward1602
inturn1602
mare1602
hug1617
disembracement1663
buttock1688
throw1698
back-lock1713
cross-buttock1713
flying horse1713
in holds1713
buttocker1823
chip1823
dogfall1823
cross-buttocker1827
hitch1834
bear hug1837
backfall1838
stop1840
armlock1841
side hug1842
click1846
catch-hold1849
back-breaker1867
back-click1867
snap1868
hank1870
nelson1873
headlock1876
chokehold1886
stranglehold1886
hip lock1888
heave1889
strangle1890
pinfall1894
strangler's grip1895
underhold1895
hammer-lock1897
scissor hold1897
body slam1899
scissors hold1899
armbar1901
body scissors1903
scissors grip1904
waist-hold1904
neck hold1905
scissors1909
hipe1914
oshi1940
oshi-dashi1940
oshi-taoshi1940
pindown1948
lift1958
whip1958
Boston crab1961
grapevine1968
powerbomb1990
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 1867 Sodeynly to make hym doun to falle, And with a trip, þrowe him on þe bake.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 283/1 Tryppe in wrastlyng, crochet, jambet.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 762/2 I gyve one a tryppe, or caste my foote byfore hym to gyve hym a fall.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 94 The Groom..stript for Wrestling, smears his Limbs with Oyl, And watches with a trip his Foe to foil. View more context for this quotation
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 69 [He] gave a slight trip to his..assailant, who instantly fell.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed Concl., in Tales Crusaders II. 350 I knew the old De Lacy's back-trip as well as thou.
b. figurative.
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c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 75 Til deeþ þee caste with a trippe of dissaite.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 165 Or will not else thy craft so quickely grow, That thine owne trip shall be thine ouerthrow? View more context for this quotation
1660 W. Winstanley England's Worthies Pref. 3 The trips that Writers cunningly give one another.
1884 J. Sharman Cursory Hist. Swearing iii. 39 Socrates..held at a just appreciation the trips and sallies of Athenian manhood.
c. In coursing: see quots.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [noun] > actions in coursing
cote1575
counter1575
go-by1615
wrench1615
trip1856
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 2) i. iii. viii. §2 A Trip or Jerk occurs when a dog in attempting to kill his hare, lays hold of her but loses her again; these score half-a-point.
1890 A. R. Starr in W. B. Leffingwell Shooting on Upland 466 The trip is an unsuccessful effort to hold a rabbit, although the greyhound may touch him, or even tumble him.
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a. A stumble or mis-step caused by striking one's foot against an object so as to lose one's equilibrium. †to hang on the trip, to hang on the point of falling or toppling over (obsolete).
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the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > be unsupported [verb (intransitive)] > be held up without support
hangc1175
hovec1220
hover1578
to hang on the trip1681
poise1818
dream1828
balance1833
pendulize1869
the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > lean over > unsteadily
to hang on the trip1681
topple1827
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stumbling > a stumble
spurnc1390
stumble1547
snappera1572
trip1681
stoiter1838
1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake (1699) 42 Jutting Stones that, by the Earth left bare, Hang on the trip, suspended in the air.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 45 Elephants..are the surest footed of all Beasts of Carriage,..it is very rare to see them make a trip.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 231. ⁋2 The poor Animal being now almost tired, made a second Trip.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 271 If the [horse's] toe dig into the ground before the foot is firmly placed, a little thing will cause a trip and a fall.
1884 Martineau in Mem. Anna Swanwick (1903) iii. 147 A bruise which I got through a trip-up and fall upon some rough rocks.
b. figurative. Cf. trip v. 8b, 8c.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > a temporary cessation of activity or operation
pause1440
trip1584
interpause1595
wem1599
stand1602
vacation1617
interspiration1623
intercisiona1631
interregnum1659
lapse1838
shutdown1857
break1878
slip1898
seventh-inning stretch1915
standoff1918
1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes i. ii. sig. A*2v Manes Are you mery, it is a signe by the trip of your tongue..that you haue done that to day, which I haue not done these three daies. Psyllus Whats that? Manes Dined.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV i, in Poems (1878) IV. 1 The Pulse of Nature neuer giues one trip.
c. Military. A contrivance for tripping an enemy.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device to trip or obstruct people or horses > [noun]
caltropa1300
pitfalla1350
pitfold1575
trip1862
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xi. §2554 Trip for Checking Infantry and Cavalry..formed by laying the bands singly on the ground three or four feet apart, edge-wise and buttoned.
8. A mistake, blunder; a fault; a slip, lapse; a false step; a slip of the tongue. †to take or have in a trip (also †to take trip), to catch tripping, to detect in an error (obsolete).In some cases take in a trip seems to have been misunderstood to mean ‘take in a trap’.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun]
misnimming?c1225
errora1340
defaulta1387
balkc1430
fault1523
jeofail1546
errat1548
trip1548
naught1557
missa1568
missinga1568
slide1570
snappera1572
amiss1576
mistaking1579
misprize1590
mistake1600
berry-block1603
solecism1603
fallibility1608
stumblea1612
blota1657
slur1662
incorrectnessa1771
bumble1823
skew1869
(to make) a false step1875
slip-up1909
ricket1958
bad1981
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark x. 63 Ye other desired more to take him in a trip, then to be healed: to proue him, rather then to learne.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Fiv [To] fynde som hole open to set a snare in, wherewith to take the contrarie parte in a trippe.
1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 725 He is taken tardie in his owne trip.
1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. F 3 Thus fell Loue into a trip: Thus she galde him with a quip.
1604 R. Parsons Relation Triall before King of France 214 Sutcliffe, being taken trip by E. O...beateth himselfe vp and downe pittifully.
1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 64 And mad'st imperfect words with childish tripps, Half unpronounc't, slide through my infant-lipps.
1773 J. Berridge Christian World Unmasked 117 A trip in one point would have spoiled all.
1841 Bp. Wilberforce in Croker Papers 23 July (1884) II An occasional trip in the performance was what threw you out.
III. Something that trips a switch, and related uses.
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a. Mechanics. A contrivance that trips (see trip v. 14); a projecting part of some mechanism which comes into momentary contact with another part so as to cause or check some movement. (Cf. trip-hammer n.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > projecting part or catch
catch1398
finger1496
catch hook1695
dog1825
detent1832
winglet1835
catch lock1836
trip-catch1880
trip1906
1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 10/1 To protect trains in foggy weather, when the arms and lights of signals are obscured, the automatic train-stop has been installed... A little arm is raised to a vertical position and strikes a trip on the front motor-car of the passing train. By this operation current is cut off.
1907 Daily Chron. 8 Aug. 2/3 In dismounting the pedal is again held against the trip, and by it the rider swings himself comfortably out of the saddle to drop on his foot as the cycle is still moving along.
b. Nuclear Physics. (See quots.)
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear fuel > [noun] > reduction caused by safety circuit
trip1962
1962 Gloss. Terms Nucl. Sci. (B.S.I.) 122 Trip, a reduction in reactor power initiated by any of the safety circuits of the reactor.
1978 Times 1 Feb. 4/7 Reactors suffer occasional unscheduled shut-downs or ‘trips’ from a wide range of causes, such as fail-safe faults on protective equipment, operator errors and faults in conventional non-nuclear equipment.
Compounds
C1. General attributive (in some cases perhaps from the verb-stem). See also trip-hammer n.
a. (In sense 3.)
trip-card n.
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1897 Outing 30 492/2 Road-rides are scheduled on cards distributed among the members. These trip-cards are a commendable feature.
trip-committee n.
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1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Sept. 4/1 The tickets are supplied..a fortnight beforehand, the trip committee being responsible for the issue and the payment of those actually used.
trip-fund n.
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1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Sept. 4/1 At the mills and workshops..weekly payments are received towards the trip fun.
trip-mileage n.
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1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 June 4/2 The Jones Speedometer..registers up to sixty miles an hour, and is fitted with season and trip mileage.
1962 Times 8 May 16/5 The car is well equipped, and noteworthy points include..a trip mileage recorder, brake servo warning light, twin screenwashers.
1970 Motoring Which? Apr. 55/1 All six cars had a speedometer, mileage recorder, trip mileage recorder, fuel gauge.
trip-taking n.
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1897 Daily News 31 May 2/7 The second and fourth weeks in June being very largely given up to trip-taking and rejoicing.
b. In sense 9, describing an appliance for catching, releasing, or actuating some part, or a machine operated by such a device.
trip-coil n.
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1903 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 657 (Cent. Supp.) Trip-coil.
trip-cord n.
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1966 T. Wisdom High-performance Driving xi. 114 Few speedometers these days are fitted with trip recorders.
1977 Daily Tel. 14 Dec. 12/6 Instruments include a rev. counter, speedometer trip recorder, and large clock.
trip-cut-off n.
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a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 904/2 Trip Cut Off, an arrangement to disconnect one portion of the valve motion from the other, so as to allow the cut-off valve to close with great rapidity.
trip-die n.
trip-lever n.
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1904 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 23 July 23880 On this stem is fixed a trip lever, C, which holds B against A by the spring, D.
trip-motion n.
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1907 Daily Chron. 27 Mar. 9/6 The ‘Little Trip Motion’.
1908 Daily Chron. 6 June 8/3 The trip motion.. consists of a catch which holds the cranks and pedals at a certain position.
trip-piece n.
trip-pin n.
trip-wagon n.
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1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 405 From these the chargers can take the ore in quantities to suit. A trip-wagon, holding one charge, is generally used.
trip-wheel n.
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1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 429 A fan B, to give the puffs of air; a trip-wheel, lever, and spring to operate the fan.
C2. † trip-coat n. Obsolete ? a turn-coat. † trip-taker n. Obsolete one who ‘takes another in a trip’, a fault-finder.
trip-bucket n. a bucket used for raising water from wells in Arabia, operated by a tripping device and pulled by animals.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water
well bucket1477
flail?a1500
kettle-mill1570
scoop1580
water engine1611
chain-pumpa1618
cochlea1648
water-screw1648
engine1652
bucket-fountain1663
chain1682
noria1696
tub-engine1702
tub-gin1702
well-pole1727
screw engine1729
rag1747
rag pump1747
swape1773
picotah1780
water balance1800
ram1801
well sweep1818
shadoof1836
hydraulic belt1856
water carrier1875
bailer1883
trip-bucket1926
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xl. 211 He told me of the wheel over the well, with its machinery of leathern trip-buckets, raised by oxen upon an inclined path of hard-trodden earth.
1959 W. Thesiger Arabian Sands x. 190 Villagers in the Hadhramaut use camels and oxen to raise the trip-buckets from which they water their cultivation.
trip-catch n. a catch which holds the trip or releasing device until it is tripped.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > projecting part or catch
catch1398
finger1496
catch hook1695
dog1825
detent1832
winglet1835
catch lock1836
trip-catch1880
trip1906
1880 A. Tolhausen tr. W. H. Uhland Corliss-engines II. 193 The edge of a trip-catch n fastened on the eccentric strap, will approximately move on an elliptical path, and trip up against a steel catch-plate o fastened on the extremity of the inlet valve-spindle.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles > one who
renay1340
apostate1362
renegatec1450
starter1519
reniant1532
changeling1539
rannigala1560
recreant1570
turncoat1570
renegado1573
start-away1574
off-faller?1575
start-back1579
departer1586
reneger1597
retrospicientc1600
runagadea1604
renegade1611
turn-tail1621
runagado1623
trip-coata1625
retrogredient1650
retrograde1651
tergiversator1716
rat1755
ratter1819
tergiversant1833
blackleg1844
strike-breaker1904
faller-out1964
a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. B2/2 Twenty of your trip-coats turn their tippets.
tripcock n. a device on a train which applies the brakes when engaged by a projection on the track, if the train is passing a signal set at danger.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > types of signal system > train-stopping device connected with signal
train stop1895
tripcock1906
society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > automatic safety braking device
tripcock1906
1906 Railway Mag. Apr. 341/2 These automatic signals have a trigger, which, when the signal is at danger, should engage with a trip cock on the vehicles of the train.
1968 O. S. Nock Railway Enthusiast's Encycl. vii. 274 Co-acting with each stop signal is a train stop, mounted beside the track... When the signal is at danger, the arm is raised. If a train overran a signal..a trip cock lever would strike the raised train stop arm.
trip-dial n. in a cyclometer, a dial on which the mileage of each trip is registered.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > distance travelled > dial of a cyclometer
trip-dial1907
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard > tripmeter
trip-dial1907
tripmeter1955
1907 Daily Chron. 27 Mar. 9/5 For all-round purposes a double cyclometer with ‘trip’ dial is preferable.
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trip-engine n. a steam-engine having a trip valve-gear ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909).
trip-gear n. short for trip valve-gear n. ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
trip-hook n. some instrument of torture (perhaps an error; cf. gadge n.1).
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society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > hook
awelOE
crookc1290
ungle1483
trip-hook1846
1846 R. Browning Soul's Trag. in Bells & Pomegranates No. VIII i The glowing triphook, thumbscrew and the gadge.
trip-line n. in Lumbering, a light line attached to the dog-hook, or to a cable, by which these are recovered or returned.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > light line controlling heavy cable
trip-line1905
strawline1956
1905 U.S. Dept. Agric., Logging terms Trip-line, a light rope attached to a dog hook, used to free the latter when employed in breaking a jam... Syn. throw line.
1905 U.S. Dept. Agric., Logging terms Haul back, a light wire rope..used to return the cable. Syn...trip line.
tripmeter n. an instrument which may be set to record the distance travelled by a vehicle during each trip; similarly trip (mileage) counter, trip (distance, mileage) recorder.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard > tripmeter
trip-dial1907
tripmeter1955
1955 Motor 7 Dec. 765/1 (caption) Trip distance recorder re-setting (twist).
1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) vii. 195 Another difference with the trip counter is that it may be set to zero at any time.
1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) vii. 195 When a trip mileage counter is also fitted this will be constructed on similar lines to the main counter.
1966 T. Wisdom High-performance Driving xi. 114 A driver..may..exchange his present speedo for a similar one with a trip meter.
1972 O. Sela Bearer Plot xxi. 134 Elmer hunched over the bicycling machine... The tripmeter read 5.2 kilometres.
1977 Westworld (Vancouver, Brit. Columbia) May 34/2 This gradual phasing-in of the changes means that by 1978 all instrumentation, speedometers, odometers and tripcounters will be entirely converted [to metric].
trip money n. see quot.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > extra payments
lowancea1325
bonus1759
understanding1826
reach1851
talent money1859
trip money1891
poundage1892
proficiency pay1906
loading1937
weighting1946
incentive1948
holiday loading1986
1891 Labour Commission Gloss. at Money Trip money, a term used on canals to mean a payment in addition to tonnage; a bonus given in addition to wages.
trip-rate n. the rate of payment by the trip: see trip system n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > wage structures and scales > [noun] > rate of pay > specific
piece-rate1842
time and a half1847
time1877
base rate1889
port wages1891
trip-rate1901
time rate1902
1901 Westm. Gaz. 25 Nov. 8/3 Their grievance is that trip rates paid them are inadequate, and do not admit of a fair wage.
trip-shaft n. see quot.
ΚΠ
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Trip-shaft, (Steam eng.), a supplementary rock-shaft, worked by hand, for starting an engine.
trip shunter n. (see quot. 1921).
ΚΠ
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 704 Trip shunter; travels with goods train to do shunting work at a small yard or siding where no shunter is stationed.
trip-sill n. see quot.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice > other parts of
apron1721
pointing door1744
penstock1763
lock seat1787
rymer1794
trip-sill1905
1905 U.S. Dept. Agric., Logging terms Tripsill, a timber placed across the bottom of the sluiceway in a splash dam, against which rest the planks by which the dam is closed.
trip slip n. a strip of paper in which a car conductor registers the number of fares taken on each trip (U.S.).
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > record of fares on streetcar
trip slip1876
1876 Scribner's Monthly Apr. 910/2 The conductor, when he receives a fare, will immediately punch in the presence of the passenger, A Blue trip slip for an 8 cent fare.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 93/2 Bell Punch, a hand-punch, for perforating a ticket or trip slip. It secures the piece punched out, and rings a bell; in some instruments it also registers the fares collected.
trip switch n. Electrical Engineering (see quot. 1924).
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > circuit-breaker > [noun] > switch
oil switch1904
trip switch1924
1924 S. R. Roget Dict. Electr. Terms 275/2 Trip Switch, a switch for closing the tripping circuit of a circuit breaker.
1977 Times 15 July 8/5 The British system includes a series of trip switches, making it a simple matter for the engineer watching the various loads at any time to isolate a power failure.
trip system n. a system of payment of men in charge of a train, omnibus, or the like by the trip or journey.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > wage structures and scales > [noun] > wage-system > specific
tut1800
tommy system1829
truck system1830
truck principle1837
time wage1840
time payment1852
trip system1894
tot system1926
1894 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) The trip system on railways is the equivalent of the piece-work system in productive industries.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious
plucker-atc1500
pick-fault1544
pick mote1549
trip-taker1556
mome1563
Momus1563
Zoilus1565
find-fault1567
caviller1574
carper1579
sheep-biter?1589
Zoilist1594
momist1597
word-catcher1659
knocker1898
crabber1909
kvetch1936
tearer-downer1942
nitpicker1951
kvetcher1968
1556 R. Robinson tr. T. More Utopia (ed. 2) sig. Ciiv Triptakers.
trip-train n. a mineral train which is intended to make a certain number of trips, out and home, in the day; also, an excursion train.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > train running short distance to and fro
shuttle-train1888
trip-train1894
shuttle1895
scoot1943
society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > types of
parliamentary train1845
excursion-train1849
parliamentary1854
parly1855
corridor train1892
trip-train1894
railmotor1903
railbus1932
mystery train1933
pool passenger train1934
Skybus1963
pay-train1968
1894 Labour Commission Gloss. at Trip System The men working a trip train are paid a full week's wages.
1907 Daily News 28 June 6 He had come by a trip train to Skegness.
trip valve-gear n. a valve-gear in which the steam is cut off by the tripping of a lever which holds open the steam-valve.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > for regulating steam
piston valve1735
induction valve1847
cross-head brasses1865
long slide1875
trip valve-gear1903
1903 Electr. Rev. 8 Aug. 197 Engines with Corliss trip-valve gear driven by separate eccentrics.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
tripn.2
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun]
ferec975
flockOE
gingc1175
rout?c1225
companyc1300
fellowshipc1300
covinc1330
eschelec1330
tripc1330
fellowred1340
choira1382
head1381
glub1382
partya1387
peoplec1390
conventc1426
an abominable of monksa1450
body1453
carol1483
band1490
compernagea1500
consorce1512
congregationa1530
corporationa1535
corpse1534
chore1572
society1572
crew1578
string1579
consort1584
troop1584
tribe1609
squadron1617
bunch1622
core1622
lag1624
studa1625
brigadea1649
platoon1711
cohort1719
lot1725
corps1754
loo1764
squad1786
brotherhood1820
companionhood1825
troupe1825
crowd1840
companionship1842
group1845
that ilk1845
set-out1854
layout1869
confraternity1872
show1901
crush1904
we1927
familia1933
shower1936
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 203 Me þouht kyng Philip inouh was disconfite, Whan he & alle his trip [Fr. tut sun hoste] for nouht fled so tite.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 157 Think not it wilbe ane trype [v.r. troup] of men of weir of France that will..conqueis this realme.
2.
a. A small flock (of goats, sheep, hares, etc.). Obsolete exc. local.
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the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > herd or flock > small flock
trip1305
pod1827
tropilla1828
1305 [see tripherd n. at Compounds].
a1400 Sir Perc. 186 Scho..with hir tuke a tryppe of gayte, With mylke of thame for to bayte To hir lyves fode.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) v Þat men calle a trippe of tame swyne, and of wylde swyne it is called a soundre.
?1478 Lydgate's Horse, Goose & Sheep (Caxton) (1822) 31 A Trippe of gete. A Trippe of hares.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Lion & Mouse l. 1409 in Poems (1981) 57 Ane trip off myis..Richt tait and trig, all dansand in ane gyis.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 1044 in Poems (1981) 43 Ane trip of lambis dansand on ane dyke.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 744 in Poems (1981) 32 Vnder ane tre he saw ane trip off gait.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. iv. 24 Trippis eik of gait, but ony keipar, In the rank gersis pasturing on raw.
1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 15v/2 A flocke or trippe of goates.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 235 Huntesmen vse to saye, An Heard of harts and Hindes, Buckes and doDes: and A Trippe of Gotes and Geates.
1584 in Five Court Rolls Great Cressingham, Norfolk (1885) 80 A certeyn trippe of sheep.
1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 77 A Trip of sheep i.e. a few sheep, Norf.
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon iv. 101 They are generally owners of trips or small flocks of sheep, depastured upon Exmoor.
a1905 in Eng. Dial. Dict. [Norfolk] I ha' got a trip of sheep.
b. A small flock of wildfowl.
ΚΠ
c1810 A. Mackintosh Driffield Angler 294 Trip of dotterel.
1826 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 291 A fine trip of wigeon.
1859 H. C. Folkard Wild-fowler liii. 276 Trip after trip [of wild-fowl] passes over his head in rapid succession.
1893 Daily News 28 Feb. 5/4 Wild ducks..are seen hurrying across the lawn with large ‘trips’ of young ones.
Compounds
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > herding > herdsman or woman
herdc725
herdmanc1000
lookera1225
tripherd1305
hogger1327
pastorc1400
pastorelc1440
leader1495
pasture-man1547
herd-maid1588
herdsman1603
pastoral1607
feeder1611
creaght1634
herder1635
keep1641
creaghter1653
town herd1760
herd-boy1799
stock-keeper1806
senn1826
herd-girla1856
herd-laddie1865
pastoralist1879
1305 Compotus of Bolton Abbey in Whitaker Hist. Craven (1805) 330 In pane pro triphyrdes sarculant' metent'.
1317 Compotus of Bolton Abbey in Whitaker Hist. Craven (1805) 338 Pro Tripherds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† tripn.3
Obsolete.
1. ? A piece of rind of cheese.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > rind of cheese
tripc1386
rind1577
heel1656
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 39 Yif hym a busshel whete Malt or Reye A goddes kechyl or a trype [v.rr. trip, -pe, trep] of chese.
2. East Anglian dialect. (See quots. a1825, 1849.)
ΚΠ
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words (at cited word) ‘Is that a cream cheese?’ ‘No, it is only a trip.’
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Trip, s., a small cheese, made in summer, to be eaten in its soft and curdy state, or it soon becomes dry, tough, and uneatable.
1849 W. Raynbird & H. Raynbird On Agric. Suffolk vi. 301 Trip..differs from cream-cheeses as having no cream in, and being thicker.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
† tripn.4
Obsolete. rare.
Threepence.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 3d
quarter-shilling1561
threepence1589
trip1600
threepenny piece1691
thrip1699
thrums1699
thruppence1895
trey-bit1898
trey1907
tray1910
trizzie1920
Joey1936
trey-point-
1600 T. Hylles Arte Vulgar Arithm. iii. x. 261 b The same Vingtin is woorth our trip or English 3d.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
Tripn.5
/trɪp/, U.S. /trɪp/ colloquial.
= tripos n. 2d.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations
fellowship examination1787
collections1799
responsions1810
response1813
little go1816
great go1820
Previous Examination1824
school1826
smalls1836
senate-house examination1837
tripos1842
honours examination1851
biennial1853
great1854
moderations1857
Mods1858
professional1890
Trip1909
previous1950
1909 R. Brooke Let. 18 May (1968) 170 I am a prisoner..in a room where a hundred and eight damned fools are writing Greek verses for the classical Trip.
1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xxiv. 229 I want a first in the Science Trip.
1927 R. Lehmann Dusty Answer iii. i. 126 Trips. Labs. Lectures. Dons. Vacs. Chaperons. The voices gabbled on.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
tripv.
/trɪp/, U.S. /trɪp/ I. To tread or step lightly or nimbly.
1. † c. transferred. Of the heart: To beat excitedly. Obsolete.† d. transitive. To step or tread on. Obsolete. rare.
a. intransitive. To move lightly and nimbly on the feet; to skip, caper; to dance; †of a horse: to caper, prance (obsolete rare). archaic.
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society > leisure > dancing > [verb (intransitive)]
frikec1000
sail1297
dancec1300
sault1377
tripc1386
balea1400
hopc1405
foota1425
tracec1425
sallyc1440
to dance a fita1500
fling1528
to tread a measure, a dance1577
trip1578
traverse1584
move1594
to shake heels1595
to shake it1595
firk1596
tripudiate1623
pettitoe1651
step1698
jink1718
to stand up1753
bejig1821
to toe and heel (it)1828
morris1861
hoof1925
terp1945
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper
leapc900
playOE
floxec1200
startlec1300
trancec1374
prancec1380
tripc1386
scoupa1400
prankc1450
gambol1508
frisk?1520
jeta1529
pract1568
trounce1568
trip1578
capriole1580
lavolta1590
linch1593
curvet1595
flisk1595
firk1596
caper1598
jaunce1599
risec1599
cabre1600
jaunt1605
skit1611
to cut a caper or capersa1616
tripudiate1623
insult1652
to fike and flinga1689
scamper1691
dance1712
pranklea1717
cavort1794
jinket1823
gambado1827
caracol1861
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > leap or prance
tripc1386
prancea1398
brank?1400
leapc1405
gambol?1507
curvet1584
jet1587
jaunt1605
scope1607
stilt1786
caracol1813
prank1842
cavort1843–4
tittup1862
c1386 G. Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 304 This hors anoon bigan to trippe [v.r. tryppe] and daunce.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 142 On twenty manere koude he trippe [v.r. trip] and daunce After the scole of Oxenford tho.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. ix. 180 j carolle, j trippe, j daunce.
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) v. 9 Now in May to madynis fawis With tymmer wechtis to trip in ringis.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 91 About him (Fairies) sing a scornfull rime, And as you trip, still pinch him to your time. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 46 Each one tripping on his Toe, Will be here with mop, and mowe. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton Arcades in Poems 56 Nymphs and Shepherds dance no more..Trip no more in twilight ranks.
1797 R. P. Knight in New Ann. Reg. 1796 Poetry 152 No fairies now, or dapper elves are seen, By Fancy's eye, light-tripping o'er the green.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ii. 42 He found the young sisters fond of tripping in the green wood with the fairies of nights.
b. intransitive with it.
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society > leisure > dancing > [verb (intransitive)]
frikec1000
sail1297
dancec1300
sault1377
tripc1386
balea1400
hopc1405
foota1425
tracec1425
sallyc1440
to dance a fita1500
fling1528
to tread a measure, a dance1577
trip1578
traverse1584
move1594
to shake heels1595
to shake it1595
firk1596
tripudiate1623
pettitoe1651
step1698
jink1718
to stand up1753
bejig1821
to toe and heel (it)1828
morris1861
hoof1925
terp1945
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper
leapc900
playOE
floxec1200
startlec1300
trancec1374
prancec1380
tripc1386
scoupa1400
prankc1450
gambol1508
frisk?1520
jeta1529
pract1568
trounce1568
trip1578
capriole1580
lavolta1590
linch1593
curvet1595
flisk1595
firk1596
caper1598
jaunce1599
risec1599
cabre1600
jaunt1605
skit1611
to cut a caper or capersa1616
tripudiate1623
insult1652
to fike and flinga1689
scamper1691
dance1712
pranklea1717
cavort1794
jinket1823
gambado1827
caracol1861
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 43v If [she have] no cunning to daunce request hir to trippe it, if no skill in Musicke, profer hir the Lute.
1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 Com, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastick toe.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. viii. 36 The Family trip'd it about and Caper'd like Hail-stones bounding from a Marble Floor.
1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) ix. 112 The young folks tripped it away on the grass.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > heartbeat > [verb (intransitive)] > types of
tripc1430
duntc1550
drum1594
palpitate1623
race1853
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. cvi. 115 Myn herte hoppeth for ioye, and lepeth and trippeth.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > downwards
tripc1380
treadc1384
stride1581
recalcate1623
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 241 Garyn his gode stede hym fette, þat was in spaygne iboȝt; þe erld lep vp wyþ oute lette his styrop trepede he noȝt.
2. transitive.
a. To perform (a dance) with a light lively step. rare.
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society > leisure > dancing > [verb (transitive)]
leadOE
dancec1300
foota1500
move1568
trip1627
morris1844
1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt 125 Eu'ry Mayde..The Hornepype neatly tripping.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 406 They dance and trip Moresco Sarabrands to them again.
1812 Lady Nairne Caller Herrin in R. Ford Harp Perthshire (1893) 112 He can trip the spring fu' tightly.
b. To tread lightly and nimbly, dance upon.
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society > leisure > dancing > [verb (transitive)] > dance on
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > tread lightly
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1749 W. Shenstone Irregular Ode 72 The sportive graces trip the green.
1808 A. Sharpe in R. Ford Harp Perthshire (1893) 93 Ghosts of the slain trip Corunna's lone shore.
1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 43 Nannie had been a short time at the dance, and had tripped the floor with both the joiner and the blacksmith.
3.
a. intransitive. To go, walk, skip, or run with a light and lively motion; to move with a quick light tread; also with it, and in †to trip and go.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > lightly
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?a1400 Morte Arth. 3713 Alle trompede they trippe one trappede stedys.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 872 in Poems (1981) 37 The lark, the maueis..trippand fra tre to tre.
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Longolius in Panoplie Epist. 405 That you should in stormy weather, and durtie wayes,..come tripping to mee in your silcken sleppers.
1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 7 Tryppe and goe, for I dare not tarry.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 139 Trip and goe my sweete, deliuer this Paper into the royall hand of the King. View more context for this quotation
1712 T. Tickell Spectator No 410 ⁋1 I dismissed my Coach at the Gate, and tripped it down to my Counsel's Chambers.
1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) 240 Four green hares tripping within a park.
1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 173 She..tripped before us up the stairs to the drawing-room.
b. transferred and figurative.
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1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §18 We see..with what facility the mind..trips over mountains, crosseth the ocean.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 126 Vanity..mingles among our vital juices, trips along the tongue, dances upon the eyes.
1854 H. Alford Let. 15 Oct. in Life, Jrnls. & Lett. (1873) vii. 237 So many notes tripped backwards and forwards between us.
1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 86 There's a nice breeze tripping on the Loch.
c. Angling. See quots.
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1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling (1883) i. 8 The line [is] plumbed, so that the float shall carry the hook just off the bottom, now and then perhaps touching it, or ‘tripping’.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling ii. 52 The right depth..for the worm to trip or drag slightly over the bottom.
d. quasi-transitive = run v. 2b(b).
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1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 64 For liefer would I lackey this bare rock Than trip the messages of Father Jove.
4. transitive. To cause to trip or go nimbly; to send forth trippingly.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > cause to go briskly
trip1598
1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. A3v Come, trip the dice, haue at your box (Madame) Ile cast at all.
1616–61 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. (1673) 294 His dainty palate tripping forth his words.
1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 191 When her zot under the big fig tree, thripping her lace-bobbins in and out.
5. intransitive.
a. To make a trip or short excursion. Also to trip it.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > make short journey or excursion, esp. for pleasure
to go abroadc1400
to make an errandc1400
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to step up1758
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > make outing or excursion [verb (intransitive)]
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tripper1959
1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge Prol. sig. A4v If you shou'd, we and our Comedies Must trip to Norwich, or for Ireland go.
1699 J. Dunton Dublin Scuffle 398 The Gentleman who trip'd lately to Ireland.
1767 H. Walpole Let. 31 July in Corr. (1941) X. 244 I shall trip to Paris in about a fortnight.
1878 M. C. Jackson Chaperon's Cares I. xiii. 177 Persuaded Mr. Kirke to trip it to Brighton for the good of his health.
1892 Besant in Illustr. London News Summer No. 1 The trippers have not yet begun to trip.
b. slang (originally U.S.). To experience hallucinations induced by a drug, esp. LSD. Also with out. Also transferred. Cf. trip n.1 5a.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > be under influence of drugs [verb (intransitive)] > experience hallucinatory drugs
to freak out1965
trip1966
space1968
1966 Time 11 Mar. 43 Such dangers do not deter the acid heads or ‘psychedelics’—even though some users are willing to admit that they found no great ‘show’, or had a ‘freak trip’ (a bad one) or ‘tripped out’ (the worst kind).
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 25/1 ‘Trip with us,’ coaxes Duke Edwards in a sandy voice... ‘Trip with us—without the aid of LSD.’
1969 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 23/2 He was asked if he took LSD, and answered: ‘I have been tripping for three weeks.’
1971 Frendz 21 May 11/2 Avoid dealing while tripping on Acid, Speed or Mandies—you'll goof on the action.
1976 H. Ferguson Confessions Long Distance Acid Head 13 The bunch with whom I used to trip out and smoke pot with were form-mates of my brother.
1980 J. Scott Gospel Lamb iii. 45 Some of the people here were tripping already. Seemed a pity not to bust 'em.
II. To strike with the foot so as to cause stumbling (and derived senses).Apparently an English development of sense.
6. † c. intransitive. to trip at: to attempt to trip or overthrow. Obsolete. rare.† d. transitive. to trip off: to throw off. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To cause to stumble or fall by suddenly arresting or catching the foot; ‘to throw by striking the feet from the ground by a sudden motion; to strike the feet from under the body’ (Johnson). Also with up, † down. Often with the heels, foot, etc., as object, esp. in the phrase to trip up one's heels.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > stumble over something > cause to stumble
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to give a person the foot1767
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > cause to stumble and fall
stumblec1330
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to give a person the foot1767
leg1835
c1425 Cast. Persev. 3426 in Macro Plays 179 He wende þat he schulde a levyd ay, tyl dethe trypte hym on his daunce.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 762/2 Why dyd you tryppe him as he was ronnyng?
1592 R. Greene Thirde Pt. Conny-catching sig. E3 The other following tript vp his heeles.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Eiij The earth in loue with thee, thy footing trips . View more context for this quotation
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 83 Stew. Ile not be struck my Lord. Kent. Nor tript neither, you base football player. View more context for this quotation
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 27 I beat thee, and tript vp thy heeles. View more context for this quotation
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 114 He..Tript me behind. View more context for this quotation
1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt 128 A Stump doth trip him in his pace, Downe comes poore Hob vpon his face.
1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xi. 20) iii. 84 The verb..signifieth to Supplant, or to trip down, which is oft done with the heel.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 42. ¶1 The right adjusting of her Train, lest it should chance to trip up her Heels.
1786 F. Burney Diary 13 Aug. (1842) III. 105 I have come on prodigiously..in the power and skill of walking backwards, without tripping up my own heels.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 100 Henry Smith, parrying the blow.., and tripping him at the same time, gave him a severe fall.
1884 R. Browning Shah Abbas in Ferishtah's Fancies 144 What lay on floor to trip your foot?
b.
(a) figurative or in figurative context.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)]
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to take the wind out of the sails of1822
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slow-walk1965
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxijv The Frenchmen..determined to trippe and deceiue them, by their accustomed seruaunt, called master Treason.
1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 109v There was neuer man tryppyd himselfe more hansomely to take a fall, then this auctour doth.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 86 To trip the course of law and blunt the sword, That guards the peace. View more context for this quotation
1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius War with Vandals ii. 29 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian The former fight, wherein not our cowardise, but some cross fortune tript us.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 118 The free-thinker..loves to pick holes..to trip up an adversary at unawares.
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 62 Hasty winter..Came, and tripped the summer's heels.
(b) spec. in U.S. Sport, to defeat.
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society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > win > defeat
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to shut out1952
zilch1957
zip1964
trip1974
1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 15 Feb. 6- b/2 The Generals got goals from Mike Gaines and Eddie Hewbrank in the second overtime to trip Airport, 2–0.
1979 Honolulu Advertiser 8 Jan. c–2/4 In Rural AJA games, Wahiawa tripped Pearl Ridge 7–5.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > stumble over something > cause to stumble > attempt to
to trip at1633
1633 T. Heywood Eng. Trav. v, in Wks. (1874) IV. 87 Though their riots tript at my estate, They haue not quite ore~throwne it.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > produce > and easily
to trip off1674
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 173 At the very time of my writing this, Half..should be fairly tript off.
e. In coursing: see quot. 1859, and cf. trip n.1 6c.
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1859 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 4) i. iii. viii. §2 A tripping or jerking the hare to be reckoned one point... It has been said, when a hare is tripped or jerked that the dog ought to have held her.
7. To overthrow by catching in a fault or blunder; to detect in an inconsistency or inaccuracy.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > trip up
fellOE
trip1557
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > in a fault or error
trip1557
entrap1566
trap1629
to catch out1759
1557 Bible (Whittingham) John xv. 20 (note) To be diligent to espie fautes to trippe one in.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 113/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Being tript by the Counsaile in his tale, was committed to the Fleete.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 35 These her Women Can trip me, if I erre. View more context for this quotation
a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ee3v/1 He must..Be a better states man then your selfe that can Trip me in any thing.
8. figurative.1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 150 Neither will I touch the other two, vnles I fortune to trip vpon them by chaunce.a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 167 They may sometimes out of infirmity trip into a perjury, a murder or an adultery.
a. intransitive. To strike the foot against something, so as to hop, stagger, or fall; to stumble over an obstacle; to make a false step.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > stumble
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 503/1 Tryppyn, or stoomelyn, cespito.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 762/2 My horse stombled nat, he dyd but tryppe a lytell.
1579 G. Harvey Let. to Spenser in Wks. (1884) I. 23 A good horse that trippeth not once in a iourney.
1637 T. Heywood Dial. in Wks. (1874) VI. 291 Run not so fast, lest thou shouldst trip perhaps.
1734 I. H. Browne Design & Beauty 4 Tumblers trip but to conceal their Art.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvii. 280 I tripped over my sword, and nearly fell on my nose.
1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlix. 61 He would have tripped at the upward step at the cathedral door had she not been with him.
b. Said of the tongue: To stumble in articulation; to falter in speaking.
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly
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1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIIiiiiv To say his seruice wt stoppyng and tryppyng of tong.
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 5 With the earnest hast, my Tongue oft tryps.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 250 Drinking..till his Tongue trips, and his Eyes look red, and his Feet fail him.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Trip, to stumble with the Feet, or falter with the Tongue.
c. Horology. Of an escape-wheel: To fail to release itself from the pallet; see also quot. 1850 at tripping n. 2a.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (intransitive)] > perform or fail (of parts)
scape1742
trip1850
overbank1861
1850 [implied in: E. B. Denison Rudimentary Treat. Clock & Watch Making i. liv. 77 The hook at the end of the slope will not catch the tooth as it ought to do, and two or three teeth will slip past at once: this is called tripping. (at tripping n. 2a)].
1879 [implied in: Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 371/1 This error called ‘tripping’, is also produced if there is much space between the detent and the wheel. (at tripping n. 2a)].
1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 99 Gravity escapements were rather regarded with suspicion as having a tendency to trip.
9. intransitive. To fall into an error; to make a mistake or false step; to commit a fault, inconsistency, or inaccuracy.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)]
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1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. liv Thy fynger lay before thy lypes For a wyse mannys tunge, without aduysement trypes.
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 37v Least he were taken vp for triping and conuicted of a lye.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xi. 176 After many Endeavours to catch me tripping in some part of my Story.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother vii, in Enoch Arden, etc. 117 Jenny had tript in her time.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. vii. 93 How I rejoiced when I found an author tripping.
III. To cause a mechanism to change its status, and related uses.† 10. Nautical. intransitive. To tack. Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks
to make boards1533
tack1557
traverse1568
ply1589
board1627
tackle1632
busk1635
trip1687
to beat abouta1774
to come about1777
to make short boards1777
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 188 Thus did we trip to and again in that Streight, the wind continually shifting and turning.
11. Nautical. transitive. To loose (an anchor) from its bed and raise it clear of the bottom by the cable or a buoy rope. Also intransitive for passive.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] > anchor > weigh anchor > loose anchor and raise it clear
trip1748
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 112 We..set the sails, which fortunately tripped the anchor.
1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 16 We tripped our small bower.
1825 H. B. Gascoigne Path to Naval Fame 50 A greater force each steady shoulder plys, The Anchor Trips, and from the mud does rise.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxv. 270 Everything was sheeted home and hoisted up, the anchor tripped and catheaded, and the ship under headway.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 199 Sail must be made before tripping the anchor.
1903 Union Mag. Oct. 447/1 The usual plan is to take in the chain till it is straight up and down and then to trip the anchor by paying the boat off.
12. transitive. To tilt; spec. Nautical to give (a yard) the necessary cant in sending it down; also, to lift (an upper mast) in order that it may be lowered.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > tilt yard
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1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 234 [The royal yards] were all tripped and lowered together.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. Tripping Line, a line used for tripping a topgallant or royal yard in sending it down.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 821/1 [articles Ship-building] The chain then draws the bolt, and in falling trips the cradle from under the bottom.
13. intransitive. To tilt or tip up; of the floors of a ship, to be strained or twisted out of their horizontal position.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > slope > tilt
tilt1626
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cant1702
topc1860
trip1869
careen1883
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > be strained (of timbers or hull)
watch1633
work1689
trip1869
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding ii. 23 The floors are comparatively free to trip, by the keelson riding along the keel.
1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 72 The hogging strains peculiar to long, narrow ships tend to produce a tripping of the floors; or an alteration in the form of the space..enclosed by keel, keelson, and floors.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Trip, to move on a pivot or fulcrum. A paving stone not evenly bedded when stepped upon is apt to log—this is to trip.
14.
a. transitive. To release (a catch, lever, or the like) by contact with a projection; to operate (a mechanism) in this way. Also more widely, to cause to operate or respond; spec. in Electronics, to cause (a bistable device) to change from one stable state to the other; to trip out, to render electrically disconnected, esp. as an automatic action. Cf. trip n.1 9.
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the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)]
work1591
act1597
to put onc1842
operate1847
trip1897
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate > by specific means
trip1897
punch1903
snick1927
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > operation of electronic devices > [verb (transitive)] > initiate change
to turn on1824
key1929
trip1936
trigger1937
to turn down1941
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > cease operating [verb (intransitive)]
to trip out1950
1897 Daily News 4 Nov. 6/4 An automatic parachute was to spread itself to make the descent and ‘trip’ the camera as it gracefully came to earth.
1936 Sun (Baltimore) 25 Jan. 5/8 It was eleven minutes after the electrical apparatus operating the gas generating equipment was tripped before physicians pronounced Foster dead.
1937 Rev. Sci. Instruments 8 414/2 It is necessary that at each incident pulse the circuit shall be tripped from one equilibrium state to the other.
1950 Engineering 20 Jan. 79/3 The gap was in the form of an expulsion tube..this arrangement helping to extinguish quickly the power-follow current so that the transformer was not tripped out.
1953 C. A. Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis ii. vi. 307 I tripped by safety-belt buckle..and rolled out over the high rim of the cockpit.
1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 396 This light in turn tripped more atoms until none were left in the excited state.
1967 Electronics 6 Mar. 126/2 When the critical temperature is reached, the resistance of the thermistor changes to allow the proper value of current to flow, and this trips a relay.
1972 P. Cleife Slick & Dead xxviii. 233 Tripping the quick-release of my harness, I leapt from my seat.
1977 Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 2/1 ‘The damn thing didn't even trip our noise meters,’ he was quoted as having said after last week's three days of test landings and take-offs at Kennedy Airport.
1978 Sci. Amer. Mar. 146/3 When I tripped the switch S1, the ouputs from Q and Q of IC 1A changed states: the Q then produced a logical-1 signal.
1981 New Scientist 29 Oct. 295/2 Another tree..in East Sussex caused a similar fault, tripping out another 400 kV supergrid line feeding the south coast.
b. intransitive. Of a mechanism or the like: to undergo a sudden change of state; to operate or (also trip out) cease to operate.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > specifically of a machine or mechanism
standc1175
to run down1665
stop1789
seize1878
to go phut1888
to cut out1910
conk1917
cut1938
trip out1940
phut1959
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > become active or come into operation > of a mechanism, etc.
to fire up1859
start1880
to set on1889
trip1940
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > of mechanism: operate [verb (intransitive)] > cease to operate
trip1940
1940 Jrnl. Marine Res. 3 73 When each water bottle trips there will be a sufficient jar..so that the recording stylus..will make a noticeable mark on the temperature depth trace.
1950 Engineering 20 Jan. 79/3 In the 14 years under review, sub-station transformers tripped out 140 times.
1977 Times 16 July 5/8 Three main power lines..were hit by lightning... This caused four more lines to trip out as the safety devices to stop them overloading came into action.
1980 Sci. Amer. Mar. 36/1 The main feedwater pumps in the lower level of the turbine building tripped, interrupting the removal of heat from the primary system.
1981 New Scientist 29 Oct. 295/2 As other parts of the grid tripped out, power stations in the South and South-West struggled to meet what demand they could.
15. Botany. transitive. To operate the pollination mechanism of (certain flowers) by disturbing the keel so that the anthers and style spring out of it.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > propagate [verb (transitive)] > pollinate
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1909 Bull. Bureau Plant Industry, U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 24. 9 Only a slight pressure on the keel is necessary to trip the flower.
1930 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Agronomy 22 782 The flowers were left exposed and not tripped artificially.
1978 Nature 7 Sept. 54/1 Most inbred lines show poor seed set unless their flowers are visited by bees or artificially manipulated (tripped) and are therefore called auto-sterile.
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b. spec. To travel through bush country by dog-sled or canoe, esp. on a trading expedition. Canadian (chiefly northern).
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > admit of being transported [verb (intransitive)] > by sled
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1820 G. Simpson Jrnl. Occurr. in Athabasca Dept. (1938) 89 McDougald who is a good trader and understands the language will be usefully occupied in tripping after the N.W. Indians.
1913 H. Footner Jack Chanty 52 Most of the time he is tripping; long hikes from Abittibi to the Skeena, and from the edge of the farming country clear to Herschel Island in the Arctic, generally alone.
1933 E. Merrick True North 251 An old trapper once said of outsiders who were tripping up Grand River, ‘Goin' to the Grand Falls fer pleasure, hey? They'd go to Hell fer a pastime.’
1965 I. M. Reekie Along Old Melita Trail viii. 100 Men often went in parties of three or four..when ‘tripping’ to the Turtle Mountains for wood.
1971 T. Boulanger Indian Remembers 8 Sometime he was tripping to see the people.
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intransitive. U.S. slang. To think or behave in a strange, crazy, or erratic way; (also) to become angry. Originally and chiefly in to be tripping; frequently in the dismissive rhetorical question are you tripping?, implying that the person addressed is saying or doing something foolish. Cf. sense 5b.
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1989 New Pittsburgh Courier 30 Sept. 5/1 Why you trippin', homeboy?
1996 S. Jackson Caught up in Rapture xvi. 223 I don't know why I'm trippin'. I just don't want anything to mess up what I've got going for me.
1998 E. A. Bowman White Chocolate xxiv.198 You need to watch out for Shari. She's trippin'.
2002 R. Dry Leaving 430 Your daddy's gonna trip.
2014 D. S. Poole Pretty Girls in VIP xli. 259 Bitch, are you tripping?
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