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What does trip mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word trip? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. a journey; an excursion or jaunt
  2. a stumble or misstep
  3. (figuratively) an error; a failure; a mistake
  4. a period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
  5. a faux pas, a social error
  6. intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition
  7. (engineering) a mechanical cutout device
  8. (electricity) a trip-switch or cut-out
  9. a quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
  10. (obsolete) a small piece; a morsel; a bit
  11. the act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing
  12. (nautical) a single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward
  13. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect) a herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc
  14. (obsolete) a troop of men; a host
  15. a flock of wigeons
Verb
  1. (intransitive) to fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
  2. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble
  3. (intransitive) to be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
  4. (transitive, obsolete) to detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
  5. (transitive) to activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
  6. (intransitive) to be activated, as by a signal or an event
  7. (intransitive) to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
  8. (intransitive) to journey, to make a trip
  9. (intransitive, dated) to move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
  10. (nautical) to raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
  11. (nautical) to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
  12. (tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption
Adjective
  1. (poker) of or relating to trips
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