trip : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance
  self-aggrandizement; self-aggrandisement.
  

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• noun a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination
  

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• noun remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
  guilty conscience; guilt; guilt feelings.
  

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• noun an exciting or stimulating experience
  trip.
  
• noun the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure
  self-gratification.
  

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• noun an act of traveling by water
  voyage.
  

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• noun a journey taken for pleasure
  sashay; expedition; outing; jaunt; junket; excursion.
  
  • many summer excursions to the shore
  • it was merely a pleasure trip
  • after cautious sashays into the field

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• noun (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
  

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• noun a trip to some place and back again
  

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• noun the elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point
  RTLT.
  

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• noun a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route)
  return ticket.
  

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• noun an expedition undertaken to gain information
  

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Tray"-trip` noun

Etymology

From Trey a three.

Definitions

1. An old game played with dice. Obs. Shak.

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Trip" ham`mer

Definitions

1. A tilt hammer.

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• noun a light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance
  

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• verb get high, stoned, or drugged
  turn on; trip; get off.
  
  • He trips every weekend

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• verb move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
  dance; trip the light fantastic.
  
  • My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio

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• verb move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
  dance; trip the light fantastic.
  
  • My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio

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• verb detect a blunder or misstep
  catch.
  
  • The reporter tripped up the senator
• verb cause to stumble
  trip.
  
  • The questions on the test tripped him up
• verb make an error
  stumble; slip up.
  
  • She slipped up and revealed the name

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• noun a small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces
  
• noun a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over
  

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• noun an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
  misstep; trip; stumble.
  
  • he recited the whole poem without a single trip
  • he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
  • confusion caused his unfortunate misstep

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