trip
The English word “trip” has 28 meanings listed here.
- A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- A stumble or misstep.
- An error; a failure; a mistake.
- A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
- Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
- A faux pas, a social error.
- A mechanical cutout device.
- A trip-switch or cut-out.
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
- The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
- A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).
- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
- To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
- To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
- To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
- To journey, to make a trip.
- To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
- To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
- To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
- To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
- To act foolishly or irrationally.
- Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).
- A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
- A troop of men; a host.
- A flock of wigeons.
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