Dictionary entry details
• TRIP (noun)
Meaning:
A journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he took a trip to the shopping center
Hypernyms ("trip" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trip"):
flight (a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports)
junket (a trip taken by an official at public expense)
round trip (a trip to some place and back again)
run (a regular trip)
run (a short trip)
trek (any long and difficult trip)
errand (a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission)
service call (a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service)
Meaning:
A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
an acid trip
Hypernyms ("trip" is a kind of...):
hallucination (illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder)
Meaning:
An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
trip; slip
Context examples:
he blamed his slip on the ice / the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
Hypernyms ("trip" is a kind of...):
misadventure; mischance; mishap (an instance of misfortune)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trip"):
fall; spill; tumble (a sudden drop from an upright position)
Meaning:
An exciting or stimulating experience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
head trip; trip
Hypernyms ("trip" is a kind of...):
experience (an event as apprehended)
Meaning:
A catch mechanism that acts as a switch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tripper; trip
Context example:
the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
Hypernyms ("trip" is a kind of...):
catch; stop (a restraint that checks the motion of something)
Meaning:
A light or nimble tread
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he heard the trip of women's feet overhead
Hypernyms ("trip" is a kind of...):
step (the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down)
Meaning:
An unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
misstep; trip-up; stumble; trip
Context examples:
he recited the whole poem without a single trip / he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later / confusion caused his unfortunate misstep
Hypernyms ("trip" is a kind of...):
bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)
• TRIP (verb)
Meaning:
Miss a step and fall or nearly fall
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
trip; stumble
Context example:
She stumbled over the tree root
Hypernyms (to "trip" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
"Trip" entails doing...:
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trip"):
founder (stumble and nearly fall)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Cause to stumble
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
trip; trip up
Context example:
The questions on the test tripped him up
Cause:
stumble; trip (miss a step and fall or nearly fall)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make a trip for pleasure
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
jaunt; trip; travel
Cause:
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trip"):
junket; junketeer (go on a pleasure trip)
travel to; visit (go to certain places as for sightseeing)
journey; travel (undertake a journey or trip)
ply; run (travel a route regularly)
commute; travel back and forth (travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home)
peregrinate (travel around, through, or over, especially on foot)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Put in motion or move to act
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
trigger off; trigger; touch off; spark off; spark; set off; actuate; activate; trip
Context examples:
trigger a reaction / actuate the circuits
Hypernyms (to "trip" is one way to...):
initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)
Cause:
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Get high, stoned, or drugged
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
trip out; trip; turn on; get off
Context example:
He trips every weekend
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
