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trip I. \ˈtrip\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English dialect England : a small flock (as of birds or mammals) II. verb (tripped also tript ; tripped also tript ; tripping ; trips) Etymology: Middle English trippen, from Middle French triper, treper to dance, hop, trample, of Germanic origin; akin to Low German trippen, trippeln to stamp, trample, Middle Dutch trepelen, trappelen to stamp, trample, Old English treppan to tread — more at trap intransitive verb 1. a. : to dance, skip, or caper with light quick steps < nymphs and shepherds … trip no more in twilight ranks — John Milton > b. : to move with light quick steps : walk or move lightly : move the feet nimbly < she … tripped lightly with him into the church — T.L.Peacock > 2. : to catch the foot against something so as to stagger, hop, or fall : stumble over something (as an obstacle in one's path) : make a false step < the child … got up only to trip on her skirt and tumble headlong again — O.E.Rölvaag > < tripped over his own feet > 3. : to fall into an error : make a mistake or false step : offend against morality, propriety, or accuracy : err, slip < his careful reasoning which never trips — H.O.Taylor > < nor do we ever find him tripping even in a matter of detail — Virginia Woolf > 4. : to stumble in articulation : falter in speaking < drinking … till his tongue trips — John Locke > < he shall stammer, cluck and trip — Robert Graves > 5. : to make a journey or excursion < tripped frequently to France to … visit troops — S.L.A.Marshall > 6. : to run past the pallet of the escapement without previously locking — used of a tooth of the escape wheel of a watch 7. : to become strained or twisted out of the perpendicular — used of the floor of a ship between the keel and keelson 8. a. : to actuate a mechanism by the operation of some device b. : to become operative or actuated as the result of the operation of some mechanical device transitive verb 1. a. : to cause to stumble or lose one's footing (as by suddenly checking the motion of a foot or leg) : cause to take a false step : throw off balance < someone must have tripped him > — often used with up b. : to cause to fail or be checked by putting an obstacle in the way : halt, obstruct 2. : to detect in a misstep, error, or inconsistency : catch in a fault or blunder — usually used with up < any military man familiar with firearms could trip you up — Kenneth Roberts > < wrongdoing inevitably trips up itself — Irish Digest > < questions designed to trip him up > 3. a. archaic : to perform (as a dance) lightly or nimbly < come and trip it as you go, on the light fantastic toe — John Milton > < the young folks tripped it away on the grass — Harriet Martineau > b. : to dance upon (a surface) with a light and nimble step 4. : to raise (an anchor) from the bottom by its cable or buoy rope so that it hangs free 5. a. : to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering b. : to hoist (a topmast) far enough to enable the fid to be withdrawn preparatory to housing or sending down 6. : to release, let fall, set free, or otherwise operate (as a weight, compressed spring, switch, or other mechanism) especially by removing a catch or detent : actuate (as a connecting, disconnecting, or controlling mechanism) by some device 7. : to separate the petals of (a legume flower) in search of nectar causing vigorous springing apart of style and stamens and discharge of pollen that dusts over an insect (as a bee) and resulting in cross-pollination 8. : wedge 5 9. : to raise (the bottom) even with the top of a scenery drop by an auxiliary set of lines in order to fold the drop in half and usually out of audience view • - trip the light fantastic III. noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from trippen to trip 1. : a stroke, catch, or other movement by which one (as a wrestler) causes his antagonist to lose footing : the action of tripping someone 2. a. : a relatively short run of a vehicle usually between two points or to a point and return < extra trips were scheduled by bus, railroad, and plane companies in anticipation of heavy holiday traffic > b. : voyage, journey < left China for a four-year … trip abroad — Arthur Mathers > < my trip around the world — Wendell Willkie > < a trip to the moon > < missile on a trip down the Atlantic range > especially : one that is short or is undertaken for some usually specified purpose < a trip to the dentist > < a day trip > < vacation trips > c. : a single tour of travel in the course of a business operation < a delivery trip > < a postal carrier's two trips a day > d. : the distance involved in a trip < the only other village was one day's mule trip farther into the interior — C.B.Hitchcock > e. : something held to resemble physical passage from one place to another < their marriage and their trip through life — J.P.Marquand > < the idea started on a long trip around … conference tables — Laura Fermi > 3. : an error, failure, mistake, blunder, or similar misstep < a trip in one point would have spoiled all — John Berridge > 4. : a light lively movement of the feet : a quick light step < the trip of children's feet > 5. : a false step caused by stumbling over something or otherwise losing one's balance : stumble 6. : a single board in beating to windward : the distance covered by a sailing ship on a single tack 7. : the action in coursing by a dog of throwing the hare off its feet or of seizing it but losing hold in an unsuccessful effort to kill 8. : the catch of fish made or brought in on a single voyage to a fishing ground (as by a commercial fishing vessel) 9. a. : the action of tripping mechanically (as a valve held open against a spring) b. (1) : a usually automatic device for tripping a mechanism (as a catch or detent) (2) : tup 2 10. : a number of cars coupled together and hauled as a train in mining operations IV. abbreviation triple; triplicate V. noun 1. : an intense visionary experience undergone by a person who has taken a psychedelic drug (as LSD) ; broadly : an exciting experience < orgasm … is the ultimate trip — D.R.Reuben > 2. : pursuit of an absorbing or obsessive interest : kick < he's on a nostalgia trip > 3. : scene herein, life-style < the whole superstar trip — Joe Eszterhas > VI. intransitive verb (tripped ; tripped ; tripping ; trips -s) Etymology: trip, noun (herein) : to get high on a drug : turn on herein — often used with out • trip·per \ˈtripə(r) \ noun |