meaning of trip
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.
2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
3. To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing ones balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
4. Fig. : To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
5. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
6. Fig. : To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
7. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
8. To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
9. To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
10. To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
11. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
12. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
13. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig. : An error; a failure; a mistake.
14. A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
15. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
16. A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
17. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
18. A troop of men; a host.
19. A flock of widgeons.
20. A tilt hammer.
21. 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
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