Trip - Definition

n 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"; "the jolt caused many slips and
a few spills" [syn: slip, trip]
4: an exciting or stimulating experience [syn: trip, head
trip]
5: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure
activates the tripper and releases the water" [syn:
tripper, trip]
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"; "he arranged his robes to
avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate
misstep" [syn: trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep]
v 1: miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the
tree root" [syn: stumble, trip]
2: cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
[syn: trip, trip up]
3: make a trip for pleasure [syn: travel, trip, jaunt]
4: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate
the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate,
set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off]
5: get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend" [syn:
trip, trip out, turn on, get off]