trip

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Etymology 1

From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp.

Pronunciation

• enPR: trĭp, IPA^(key): /tɹɪp/,

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• Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

trip (plural trips)

1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.

   We made a trip to the beach.

   • 1918, Ralph Henry Barbour, Lost Island:

     I sold my horse and took a trip to Ceylon and back on an Orient boat as a passenger,

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.

2. A stumble or misstep.

   He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

3. (figurative, archaic) An error; a failure; a mistake.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:error

   • 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: J. M for John Starkey , →OCLC:

     Imperfect words, with childish trips.

   • 1767, Walter Harte, The amaranth; or, Religious poems:

     Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.

5. (colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

   He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

   • 1967, Joe David Brown, editor, The Hippies, New York: Time, Inc, page 2:

     Unlike other accepted stimuli, from nicotine to liquor, the hallucinogens promise those who take the “trip” a magic-carpet escape from dull reality in which perceptions are heightened, sense distorted, and the imagination permanently bedazzled with ecstatic visions of teleological verity.

   • 1969, Merle Haggard (lyrics and music), “Okie from Muskogee”:

     We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee / We don't take our trips on LSD

6. (by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.

   ego trip

   power trip

   nostalgia trip

   guilt trip

   • 1974 April 13, Heather Anderson, “Hustling”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

     Many of them admit to having suppressed any tendency toward homosexual behavior for the greater part of their lives—yet—denial becomes too heavy a trip after a period of time, and eventually curiosity wins out.

7. A faux pas, a social error.
8. (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
9. (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.

   It's dark because the trip operated.

10. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

    trip the light fantastic

    • 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh:   James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:

      His heart bounded as he sometimes could distinctly hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door.

11. (obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum

13. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
    • 1661 December 10, Robert South, False Foundations Removed :

      It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.

    • 1697, Virgil, “Georgic II”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:

      And watches with a trip his foe to foil.

14. (nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

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Translations

Verb

trip (third-person singular simple present trips, present participle tripping, simple past and past participle tripped)

1. (intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot

   Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.

2. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.

   A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

   • 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914 June, →OCLC:

     Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.

3. (intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
   • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 66, lines 152–155:

     And the Pharasay / Then durst nothynge say, / But let the matter slyp, / And made truth to tryp;

   • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Remedies of the Imperfection and Abuse of Words”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. , London: Eliz Holt, for Thomas Basset, , →OCLC, book III, page 250:

     [T]ill his Tongue trips

   • 1692–1717, Robert South, “Discourse upon 2 Thessalonians ii.II”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: J Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, , published 1727, →OCLC:

     A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.

   • 1697, Virgil, translated by John Dryden, The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:

     Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
   • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     These her women can trip me if I err.

5. (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.

   When we get into the factory, trip the lights.

6. (intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event

   The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.

7. Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
   • 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 652:

     From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h.

   • 2023 August 23, “Network News: CCTV helps save track workers from being struck by train”, in RAIL, number 990, page 10:

     The 25kV had repeatedly tripped and the two had split from a larger group to operate an overhead line isolating switch.

8. (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.

   After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.

   • 1970, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne (lyrics and music), “Fairies Wear Boots”, in Paranoid, performed by Black Sabbath:

     So, I went to the doctor, see what he could give me / He said, "Son, son, you've gone too far / 'Cause smokin' and trippin’ is all that you do," / Yeeeeeeaaaaaah

9. (intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.

   Last summer, we tripped to the coast.

10. (intransitive, dated) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
    • a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, , London: Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, , published 1646, →OCLC:

      Come, and trip it, as ye go, / On the light fantastic toe.

    • 1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: Jacob Tonson , →OCLC:

      She bounded by, and tripped so light / They had not time to take a steady sight.

    • 1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Wife”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: C. S. Van Winkle, , →OCLC, page 53:

      A bright beautiful face glanced out at the window, and vanished—a light footstep was heard—and Mary came tripping forth to meet us.

11. (nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
12. (nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
13. (slang, African-American Vernacular, most commonly used in the form tripping) To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
    • 2003, “What's a Pimp?”, in Married to the Game, performed by Too $hort:

      If she ain't with it, I find another little chick / I'm quick to switch, even when I was six / I had a backup bitch, when my bitch would trip / I'd go play with my other girlfriend and get me a kiss / And at the age of thirty-six I'm to the same old tricks

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

trip (not comparable)

1. (poker slang) Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).

Etymology 2

From Middle English tryppe, from Old French trippe. Possibly related to troop.

Noun

trip (plural trips)

1. (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
2. (obsolete) A troop of men; a host.
3. A flock of wigeons.

References

• The Chambers Dictionary, 10th edition, entry trip.

See also

• tray-trip

Anagrams

• ript

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɪp/

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• Hyphenation: trip
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

trip m (plural trips, diminutive tripje n)

1. a trip, a short excursion, a vacation, travelling

   Synonyms: plezierreis, uitje, uitstapje

2. hallucination, tripping

Derived terms

• lsd-trip
• pleziertrip
• zakentrip

Related terms

• trippen

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit तृप्र (tṛprá, “distress”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪rip/

Noun

trip

1. sickness, trouble

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman trippe (“dance”).

Alternative forms

• trippe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrip(ə)/

Noun

trip (plural trippus)

1. An action that leads to a trip, fall or a bump; that which causes a misstep.
2. (rare) A motion in a dance.
3. (rare, Late Middle English) A voyage; an excursion.

Descendants

• English: trip
• Scots: trip

References

• “trip(pe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.

Etymology 2

Noun

trip

1. Alternative form of tryppe

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trip/
• Rhymes: -ip
• Syllabification: trip

Noun

trip m inan

1. (slang) trip (period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations)

   Synonym: haj

2. (film) movie with phantasmagoric images and scenes

Declension

Further reading

• trip in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

trip n (plural tripuri)

1. (slang) trip (hallucination caused by drugs)

   Am avut un trip nasol. Iarba asta nu e de calitate.

   I had a shitty trip. This isn't quality herb.

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Noun

trip m (plural trips)

1. trip (hallucination)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English trip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾip/,

Noun

trip (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜉ᜔) (slang)

1. plan; idea; undertaking (especially on a whim or impulse)

   Synonyms: balak, idea, plano

   • 2008, Khavn De La Cruz, Ultraviolins, UP Press, →ISBN, page 182:

     Wala, trip ko lang, wala lang akong magawa. May reklamo ka? Ako wala. Wala akong pakialam sa yo at sa kung ano mang iniisip mo. Bakit sa SM? Kase. Kase pareho ng initials ko. Yun lang.

     Nothing, just my idea, I have nothing to do. Any problems? Nothing. I don't mind you and anything you think. Why in SM? Coz. Coz it's the same initials as mine. Just that.

2. something one likes to do (especially on a whim or impulse)

   Synonyms: gusto, kasayahan, kursunada

   • 1989, National Mid-week:

     May asawa at anak ang lalaki, pero trip niya ang mamboso at mambastos sa telepono. Ginagamit ng lalaki ang ... ang mensahe ng pelikula. Ang problema ay nakaka-depress dahil mahirap labanan nang ganoon ang lalaking sira ang ulo.

     The man has a wife and a son, but he likes to harass and flirt with women on the telephone. The man uses the message of the movie. The problem is depressing because it's difficult to fight such a stupid man.

   • 1998, Honorio Bartolome De Dios, Sa Labas Ng Parlor, University of Philippines Press, →ISBN:

     Siguro nga napapayag mo siya, pero, nilasing mo 'yung tao, e. Hindi ko siya nilasing. Pareho kaming lasing n'ung gabing 'yun. Arnold, kilala ko ang kumpare ko. Matagal na kaming magkasama niyan. Ang trip talaga niya 'pag lasing, sex.

     You possible enticed her, but, you made the person drunk, don't you? I didn't made her drunk. We're both drunk that night. Arnold, I know my buddies. We've been together for long. What she likes when drunk is to have sex.

3. act of taking advantage of someone (by duping, tricking, cheating, etc.)

   Synonyms: pananamantala, panloloko

4. trip (hallucination due to drugs)

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Verb

trip (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜉ᜔) (slang)

1. (pseudoverb) to want; to like (to do something, especially on a whim or impulse)

   Synonyms: gusto, nais

   Trip ko lang na mambasag ng mga bintana ng kotse, kasi sabog ako n'on.

   I'ved just wanted to break car windows, 'coz I'm high that time.

Further reading

• “trip”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN