English dictionary
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English noun: trip | |||
| 1. | trip (act) a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) | ||
| Samples | He took a trip to the shopping center. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | journey, journeying | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | errand, flight, junket, round trip, run, run, service call, trek | ||
| 2. | trip (state) a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs | ||
| Samples | An acid trip. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hallucination | ||
| 3. | trip (event) an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | ||
| Samples | He blamed his slip on the ice. The jolt caused many slips and a few spills. | ||
| Synonyms | slip | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | misadventure, mischance, mishap | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fall, spill, tumble | ||
| 4. | trip (event) an exciting or stimulating experience | ||
| Synonyms | head trip | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience | ||
| 5. | trip (artifact) a catch mechanism that acts as a switch | ||
| Samples | The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water. | ||
| Synonyms | tripper | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | catch, stop | ||
| 6. | trip (act) a light or nimble tread | ||
| Samples | He heard the trip of women's feet overhead. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | step | ||
| 7. | trip (act) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | ||
| Samples | He recited the whole poem without a single trip. He arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later. Confusion caused his unfortunate misstep. | ||
| Synonyms | misstep, stumble, trip-up | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall | ||
English verb: trip | |||
| 1. | trip (motion) miss a step and fall or nearly fall | ||
| Samples | She stumbled over the tree root. | ||
| Synonyms | stumble | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | founder | ||
| Entail | walk | ||
| 2. | trip (motion) cause to stumble | ||
| Samples | The questions on the test tripped him up. | ||
| Synonyms | trip up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Cause | stumble, trip | ||
| 3. | trip (motion) make a trip for pleasure | ||
| Synonyms | jaunt, travel | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | commute, journey, junket, junketeer, peregrinate, ply, run, travel, travel to, visit | ||
| Cause | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| 4. | trip (creation) put in motion or move to act | ||
| Samples | Trigger a reaction. Actuate the circuits. | ||
| Synonyms | activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | initiate, pioneer | ||
| Cause | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| 5. | trip (consumption) get high, stoned, or drugged | ||
| Samples | He trips every weekend. | ||
| Synonyms | get off, trip out, turn on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s on something | ||
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