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trip   (TTS Sound)

The noun trip has 7 senses

• trip -- (a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center")


• trip -- (a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip")


• slip, trip -- (an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills")


• trip, head trip -- (an exciting or stimulating experience)


• tripper, trip -- (a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water")


• trip -- (a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead")


• trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep -- (an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep")

The verb trip has 5 senses

• stumble, trip -- (miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root")


• trip, trip up -- (cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up")


• travel, trip, jaunt -- (make a trip for pleasure)


• trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off -- (put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits")


• trip, trip out, turn on, get off -- (get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend")