ego trip

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nounInformal.
  1. an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification: Her charitable activity was one long ego trip.

Origin of ego trip

1
First recorded in 1965–70

Other definitions for ego-trip (2 of 2)

ego-trip
[ ee-goh-trip, eg-oh- ]

verb (used without object),e·go-tripped, e·go-trip·ping.Informal.
  1. to behave in a self-serving manner.

Origin of ego-trip

2
First recorded in 1965–70

Other words from ego-trip

  • ego-tripper, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for ego trip

ego trip

/ informal /


noun
  1. something undertaken to boost or draw attention to a person's own image or appraisal of himself

verbego-trip -trips, -tripping or -tripped (intr)
  1. to act in this way

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Other Idioms and Phrases with ego trip

ego trip

Behavior or activities undertaken mainly out of vanity or for self-gratification. For example, She's really on an ego trip, trying out for the lead. [1960s]

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