noun
- A journey; an excursion or jaunt
- A stumble or misstep
- An error; a failure; a mistake
- A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
- A faux pas, a social error
- Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition
- A mechanical cutout device
- A trip-switch or cut-out
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
- A small piece; a morsel; a bit
- The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing
- A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward
verb
- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- (sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them
- To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
- To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
- To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
- To journey, to make a trip
- To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
- To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
- To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
- (most commonly used in the form tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption
adjective
- Of or relating to trips
Pronunciation
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Trip is a 3-meaning word in English. Shorter words have fewer anagrams.
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