Trip definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRIP, v.t. 1. To supplant; to cause to fall by ... from under the person; usually followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling; to trip up the heels. 2. To supplant; to overthrow by depriving ... anchor from the bottom by its cable or buoy-rope. TRIP, v.i. To stumble; to strike the foot against something ... fail; to mistake; to be deficient. Virgil pretends sometimes to trip. TRIP, v.i. 1. To run or step lightly; ...
trip up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: detect ... blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator" [syn: trip up, catch] 2: cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up" [syn: trip, trip up] 3: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name" [syn: stumble, slip up, trip up] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If someone or something trips a person up, or if they trip up, they fail or make a mistake. Your own ...
round trip definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a trip to some place and back again Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (round trips) 1. If you make a round trip, you travel to a place and then back again. The train operates the 2,400-mile round trip once a week. N-COUNT 2. A round-trip ticket is a ticket for a train, bus, or plane ... in BRIT, use return) Mexicana Airlines has announced cheaper round-trip tickets between Los Angeles and cities it serves in ...
trip-up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... 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]
Tray-trip definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRA'Y-TRIP, n. A kind of play. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tray-trip Tray"-trip`, n. [From Trey a three.] An old game played with ...
ego trip definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an act ... to your own importance [syn: self- aggrandizement, self-aggrandisement, ego trip] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1967 an act or course ... of action that enhances and satisfies one's ego • ego-trip intransitive verb • ego-tripper noun Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (ego ... trips) If you say that someone is on an ego trip, you are criticizing them for doing something for their own ...
head trip definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an exciting or stimulating experience [syn: trip, head trip] 2: the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure [syn: self-gratification, head trip]
road trip definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1953 1. a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games 2. an extended trip in a motor vehicle • road-trip intransitive verb
trip wire definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... a low-placed concealed wire used especially in warfare to trip an enemy or trespasser and usually to trigger an alarm ... as a small military force) intended to function like a trip wire (as to set a larger military force in motion ...
pleasure trip definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a journey ... summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay]
trip the light fantastic toe definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... like to dance at home to the radio" [syn: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe]
trip the light fantastic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v ... like to dance at home to the radio" [syn: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe] Merriam Webster's phrasal dance