trip

Meaning

1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
2. A stumble or misstep.
3. An error; a failure; a mistake.
4. (colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
5. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
6. A faux pas, a social error.
7. A mechanical cutout device.
8. A trip-switch or cut-out.
9. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
10. (obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
11. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
12. A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

journey

trip-up

cause to stumble

make a trip

kick at

trigger off

erst

miss one’s step

be frustrated

take a false step

cause to fall

make a false step

make fall

roofing tile

stub one’s toe

trip over

walking tour

tiltometer

travel to

business travel

wayfare

catch one’s foot against

murmuration

reactor trip

stumle

run afoul

engaging mechanism

trip gear

tripping operation

under voltage release

stumble to flounder

back heel

walking trip

circular tour

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹɪp/

From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp.