put in motion or move to act; " trigger a reaction"; " actuate the circuits"

get high, stoned, or drugged; " He trips every weekend"

make a trip for pleasure

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; " he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; " confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

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

cause to stumble

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

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

a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; " the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; " an acid trip"

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"

an exciting or stimulting experience

miss a step and fall or nearly fall; " She stumbled over the tree root"

cause to stumble; " The questions on the test tripped him up"

To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.

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.

Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.

Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

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 release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.

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

A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.

A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.

A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.

A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.

A troop of men; a host.

A flock of widgeons.

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.

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.

To run or step lightly or nimbly; take short, quick steps; to skip; to make a misstep; to stumble; as, to trip over a board; to make a mistake or error, mentally or morally; as, he tripped in giving his answer.

To execute with light, agile steps, as a dance; to cause to stumble; as, the loose board tripped him so that he fell; to cause to halt by getting in the way of; to catch in a mistake or deception; in machinery, to set free, as by pulling a catch, trigger, etc.

A quick, short step; a misstep or false step; mistake; journey or excursion; in machinery, a device that releases.

Tripped.

Tripping.

To move with short, light steps: to stumble and fall: to err: to fail.

To cause to stumble by striking one's feet from under him: to overthrow by taking away support: to catch:- pr. p. tripping; pa. t. and pa. p. tripped.

A light, short step: a catch by which an antagonist is thrown: a false step: a mistake: a short voyage or journey.

A tripping step; excursion; catch which causes a fall; stumble; error.

To cause to stumble or fall.

To step lightly and quickly; to stumble; err.

To cause ( one) to lose balance, stumble, or fall.

To perform ( a dance) lightly or nimbly.

Mech. To free; release, as a catch.

To move with light and nimble steps.

To stumble; err.

A short journey; excursion.

A stumble; blunder.

A nimble step.

A light short step; a brief journey or voyage; a stroke or catch by which a wrestler supplants his antagonist; a false step; a stumble; a mistake; a slight error arising from haste; a single board in plying to windward.

To cause to fall by striking the feet suddenly from under the person; to overthrow; to catch; to detect.

To run or step lightly; to stumble; to strike the foot against something, so as to stumble and fall; to err; to fail.

To run or step lightly or nimbly; to take short quick steps; to strike the foot against something so as to cause to fall or stumble; a false step; to cause to fall by striking the feet suddenly from under the person, with up, as " to trip up"; to overthrow or supplant; to fail; to err.

A stumble or fall by striking the foot againt an objeet; a stroke or catch in wrestling; a failure; a mistake; a slight error; a journey or excursion; a short voyage or journey.

" Not this trip I tell you. – Marcy The Blockade Runner by Harry Castlemon

It isn't any trip for you." – Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders or, The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold by Victor Appleton

The more I thought of it the more I was held by the thought of what such a trip would mean to me. – The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

" How long do you s'pose it'll take to make the trip asked Phoebe. – The Panchronicon by Harold Steele Mackaye

At once Blake knew his trip would be interesting. – One-Way Ticket to Nowhere by Leroy Yerxa

You ran all the better, I suppose, because you had nothing to trip you. – The-Brick-Moon-and-Other-Stories by Hale, Edward Everett

It would take five thousand to make the trip – Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Rex Beach

Maybe I'll have another ride up to London in a day or two, and if you like the trip I'll give it you. – Paddy Finn by W. H. G. Kingston

So we may have a little trouble toward this end of our trip – Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders or, The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold by Victor Appleton

Twenty miles is not more than a half day's trip – The Golden Bird by Maria Thompson Daviess

" I know that; but as it's my first trip over here I mean to make the most of it. – Melomaniacs by James Huneker

If your mother thinks we ought to, after I tell the strange news about Cousin Jasper, we may all take a trip on the deep blue sea. – The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea by Laura Lee Hope

The trip has been so long that we are now beginning to hate each other. – “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went by Louis Keene

The said trip by the way, may last a year, or maybe more." – The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford

Why, my dear old Bill, I cried, why should I mind your having a trip – The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn

He was sorry that he had urged the trip to the foothills. – The Higher Court by Mary Stewart Daggett

Have you had a nice trip – Old Caravan Days by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

But what's the object of the trip Hazon? – The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford

Being her marriage trip I let Marg have her way and a mind free o' worry 'bout me. – The Man Thou Gavest by Harriet T. Comstock

When Rose- Ellen asked her if she had ever heard of such a dreadful trip she shrugged and said she was used to going without sleep. – Across the Fruited Plain by Florence Crannell Means