trip

/tɹˈɪp/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
   “he took a trip to the shopping center”
2. a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
   “an acid trip”
3. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
   “he blamed his slip on the ice”
4. an exciting or stimulating experience
5. a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
   “the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water”
6. a light or nimble tread
   “he heard the trip of women's feet overhead”
7. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
   “he recited the whole poem without a single trip”

verb

1. miss a step and fall or nearly fall
   “She stumbled over the tree root”
2. cause to stumble
   “The questions on the test tripped him up”
3. make a trip for pleasure
4. put in motion or move to act
   “trigger a reaction”
5. get high, stoned, or drugged
   “He trips every weekend”

Synonyms for trip

• slip
• head trip
• tripper
• trip-up
• stumble
• misstep
• trip up
• travel
• jaunt
• actuate
• trigger
• activate
• set off
• spark off
• spark
• trigger off
• touch off
• trip out
• turn on
• get off

Words that rhyme with trip

• slip
• dip
• strip
• flip
• chip
• tip
• clip
• whip
• grip
• nip
• rip
• pip
• skip
• hip
• ship
• zip
• drip
• lip
• kip
• leadership
• relationship
• snip
• championship
• fellowship
• ownership
• partnership
• quip
• receivership
• authorship
• blip