3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Trip \Trip\ (tr[i^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tripped} (tr[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tripping}.] [OE. trippen; akin to D. trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See {Tramp}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See {It}, 5. [1913 Webster] This horse anon began to trip and dance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe. --Milton. [1913 Webster] She bounded by, and tripped so light They had not time to take a steady sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe. [1913 Webster] 3. To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble. [1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail. "Till his tongue trip." --Locke. [1913 Webster] A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble. --South. [1913 Webster] Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] What? dost thou verily trip upon a word? --R. Browning. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: trip 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}] 4: an exciting or stimulting experience [syn: {head trip}] 5: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water" [syn: {tripper}] 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-up}, {stumble}, {misstep}] v 1: miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root" [syn: {stumble}] 2: cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up" [syn: {trip up}] 3: make a trip for pleasure [syn: {travel}, {jaunt}] 4: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: {actuate}, {trigger}, {activate}, {set off}, {spark off}, {spark}, {trigger off}, {touch off}] 5: get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend" [syn: {trip out}, {turn on}, {get off}] [also: {tripping}, {tripped}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: tripped See {trip}
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