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The Meaning of trip
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(n. i.) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
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(n. i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
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(n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
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(n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
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(v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
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(v. t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
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(v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
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(v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
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(v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
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(v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
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(n.) A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
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(n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
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(n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
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(n.) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
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(n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
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(n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
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(n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
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(n.) A troop of men; a host.
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(n.) A flock of widgeons.
Synonyms
tripper
,
head trip
,
trip-up
,
misstep
,
stumble
,
slip
,
cutting
,
berth
,
pillow slip
,
case
,
faux pas
,
pillowcase
,
miscue
,
gaffe
,
slickness
,
slipperiness
,
elusion
,
mooring
,
slick
,
parapraxis
,
chemise
,
teddy
,
sideslip
,
eluding
,
shimmy
,
moorage
,
gaucherie
,
skid
,
slip of paper
,
shift
,
solecism
,
strip
,
slip-up
,
self-gratification
,
sightseer
,
rubberneck
,
stumbler
,
excursionist
,
lurch
,
stagger
,
jaunt
,
slip up
,
turn on
,
actuate
,
trip up
,
spark off
,
falter
,
trigger off
,
get off
,
spark
,
touch off
,
trip out
,
trigger
,
hit
,
activate
,
travel
,
set off
,
bumble
,
catch
,
move around
,
move
,
locomote
,
go
,
journey
,
start
,
incite
,
detonate
,
offset
,
motivate
,
propel
,
take off
,
explode
,
instigate
,
part
,
depart
,
prompt
,
blow up
,
bring out
,
start out
,
sparkle
,
set forth
,
stir up
,
cancel
,
aerate
,
set out
,
excite
,
mail
,
depend upon
,
commove
,
send off
,
agitate
,
dismount
,
get down
,
get by
,
hinge on
,
arouse
,
hop out
,
send
,
ride
,
depend on
,
charge
,
escape
,
wind up
,
devolve on
,
charge up
,
rouse
,
get out
,
sex
,
hinge upon
,
light
,
switch on
,
unhorse
,
get away
,
excursion
,
pilgrimage
,
transit
,
expedition
,
tour
,
voyage
Homophones
tripp
,
trippe
Rhymes
airship
,
airstrip
,
apprenticeship
,
authorship
,
battleship
,
blip
,
brinkmanship
,
censorship
,
chairmanship
,
championship
,
chip
,
citizenship
,
clip
,
companionship
,
courtship
,
craftsmanship
,
crip
,
dealership
,
dictatorship
,
dip
,
directorship
,
distributorship
,
draftsmanship
,
drip
,
editorship
,
equip
,
fellowship
,
fingertip
,
flagship
,
flip
,
gamesmanship
,
generalship
,
gipp
,
governorship
,
grip
,
gripp
,
grippe
,
gyp
,
headship
,
hip
,
internship
,
ip
,
judgeship
,
kinship
,
kip
,
kipp
,
klipp
,
knipp
,
leadership
,
lightship
,
lip
,
lipp
,
lippe
,
membership
,
microchip
,
nip
,
nipp
,
one-up-manship
,
one-upmanship
,
outstrip
,
ownership
,
partnership
,
pip
,
premiership
,
professorship
,
quip
,
quipp
,
readership
,
receivership
,
relationship
,
rip
,
ripp
,
rippe
,
roundtrip
,
salesmanship
,
scholarship
,
scrip
,
scripp
,
ship
,
shipp
,
showmanship
,
sip
,
sipp
,
skip
,
skipp
,
slip
,
snip
,
spaceship
,
sponsorship
,
sportsmanship
,
starship
,
statesmanship
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steamship
,
stewardship
,
stipp
,
strip
,
tip
,
tipp
,
tripp
,
trippe
,
trusteeship
,
unzip
,
upmanship
,
warship
,
whip
,
winship
,
workmanship
,
yip
,
zip
,
zipp