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trip
A journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
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noun
A journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
“He took a trip to the shopping center”
noun
A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
“An acid trip”
noun
An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
“He blamed his slip on the ice”
noun
An exciting or stimulating experience
noun
A catch mechanism that acts as a switch
“The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water”
noun
A light or nimble tread
“He heard the trip of women's feet overhead”
noun
An unintentional but embarrassing blunder
“He recited the whole poem without a single trip”
verb
Miss a step and fall or nearly fall
“She stumbled over the tree root”
verb
Cause to stumble
“The questions on the test tripped him up”
verb
Make a trip for pleasure
verb
Put in motion or move to act
“Trigger a reaction”
verb
Get high, stoned, or drugged
“He trips every weekend”
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He took a trip to the shopping center
An acid trip
He blamed his slip on the ice
The jolt caused many slips and a few spills
The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
He heard the trip of women's feet overhead
He recited the whole poem without a single trip
He arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
Confusion caused his unfortunate misstep
She stumbled over the tree root
The questions on the test tripped him up
Trigger a reaction
Actuate the circuits
He trips every weekend
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