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Added 30 September 2026

trip

/tɹɪp/ noun

In Latin: iter Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about trip at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
beach trip, camping trip, fishing trip, school trip, shopping trip
A short outing for a specified purpose.
He went on a trip to the drug store.
A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

verb

To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
Be careful not to trip on those tree roots. You tripped over the cat and fell downstairs just last week.
To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc

adjective

Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).

noun

A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
A troop of men; a host.
A flock of wigeons.

Origin

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.

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