a projecting object mounted on a moving part for striking a control lever to stop, reverse, or otherwise control the actions of some machine, as a milling machine or printing press.

a sudden release or start.

11.

a catch of fish taken by a fishing vessel in a single voyage.

12.

Slang.

an instance or period of being under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, especially LSD.

the euphoria, illusions, etc., experienced during such a period.

any stimulating or exciting experience: The class reunion was a real trip.

any intense interest or preoccupation: She's been on a nostalgia trip all week.

a period of time, experience, or lifestyle: Those early years in college were a bad trip.

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verb (used without object)

13.

to stumble: to trip over a child's toy.

14.

to make a slip, error, or mistake, as in conversation or conduct.

15.

to step lightly or nimbly; skip; dance.

16.

to go with a light, quick step or tread: She tripped gaily across the room.

17.

to make a journey or excursion.

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18.

to tip or tilt.

19.

Horology. (of a tooth on an escape wheel) to slide past the face of the pallet by which it is supposed to be locked and strike the pallet in such a way as to move the balance or pendulum improperly.

20.

Slang. to be under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, especially LSD (often followed by out): He tripped out on peyote.

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verb (used with object)

21.

to cause to stumble (often followed by up): The rug tripped him up.

22.

to cause to fail; hinder, obstruct, or overthrow.

23.

to cause to make a slip or error (often followed by up): to trip up a witness by skillful questioning.

24.

to catch in a slip or error.

25.

to tip or tilt.

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26.

Nautical.

to break out (an anchor) by turning over or lifting from the bottom by a line (tripping line) attached to the anchor's crown.

to tip or turn (a yard) from a horizontal to a vertical position.

to lift (an upper mast) before lowering.

27.

to operate, start, or set free (a mechanism, weight, etc.) by suddenly releasing a catch, clutch, or the like.

28.

Machinery. to release or operate suddenly (a catch, clutch, etc.).

29.

wedge (def. 17).

30.

to tread or dance lightly upon (the ground, floor, etc.).

31.

Archaic. to perform with a light or tripping step, as a dance.

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Idioms

32.

lay a trip on, Slang. to inflict one's preoccupations or obsessions on (another person): Mother's been trying to lay a guilt trip on me about leaving home.

33.

trip the light fantastic, Facetious. to go dancing.

Origin:
1350–1400; 1960–65 for def. 12; Middle English trippen to step lightly < Old French trip(p)er < Middle Dutch; compare early Dutch trippen, Dutch trippelen (frequentative with -el), akin to Old English treppan to tread

Related forms

un·tripped, adjective

Synonyms
1. excursion, tour, jaunt, junket. Trip, expedition, journey, pilgrimage, voyage are terms for a course of travel made to a particular place, usually for some specific purpose. Trip is the general word, indicating going any distance and returning, by walking or any means of locomotion, for either business or pleasure, and in either a hurried or a leisurely manner: a trip to Europe; a vacation trip; a bus trip. An expedition, made often by an organized company, is designed to accomplish a specific purpose: an archaeological expedition. Journey indicates a trip of considerable length, wholly or mainly by land, for business or pleasure or other reasons, and is now applied to travel that is more leisurely or more fatiguing than a trip; a return is not necessarily indicated: the long journey to Tibet. A pilgrimage is made as to a shrine, from motives of piety or veneration: a pilgrimage to Lourdes. A voyage is travel by water or air, usually for a long distance and for business or pleasure; if by water, leisure is indicated: a voyage around the world. 7. lapse, oversight. 14. bungle, blunder, err.

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Word Origin & History

trip

"act or action of tripping," 1660, from trip (v.); sense of "a short journey or voyage" is from 1691, originally a nautical term, the connection is uncertain. The meaning "psychedelic drug experience" is first recorded 1959 as a noun; the verb in this sense is from 1966, from the noun.

Slang Dictionary

lay a (heavy) trip on (so) definition

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to criticize someone. : There's no need to lay a trip on me. I agree with you.
tv.
to confuse or astonish someone. : After he laid a heavy trip on me about how the company is almost broke, I cleaned out my desk and left.
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and lay a guilt trip on someone. to attempt to make someone feel very guilty. : Why do you have to lay a guilt trip on me? Why don't you go to a shrink? , Keep your problems to yourself. Don't lay a trip on me!

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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trip definition

n.
a prison sentence; a trip up the river. (Underworld.) : Yeah, me and Lefty both was on a little trip for a few years.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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