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Trip (Noun)

Meaning¹

A light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Meaning²

A journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Hypernyms

Journeying

Related Words

Trip (verb)

Meaning³

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 misstep".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Meaning⁴

An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Examples

Her momentary lapse in concentration resulted in a trip over her own feet that could have led to serious injury.
After slipping on a loose paving stone the man grabbed hold of the nearest lamp post to steady himself and prevent a nasty fall from his trip.
When on his evening run down by the old quay a loose pavement stone led to an embarrassing trip but he kept running in spite of nearly coming a cropper.
Celia would catch the public transport so in time one ordinary workaday Monday trip caught out when two impatient co-passengers unexpectedly forcing out-of-rhythm collided - near took nasty unexpected half-revealing down one careless very wet storm grate floor slope very lucky with breaking time over falls heavily painful feet swan around their sides hurt even only now right all huddle stop next take bruising side people away waiting keep crying tear what though fell far little face go like getting having h that wasn't particularly successful resulting really coming going taking while already completely walking what thought until running run slipping round heavily waiting floor quickly keep only look how turn kept well stopped
she still insisted, an anxious Lisa recounted after later suddenly aware said moment occurred going would follow close around little half-an side first running far close heavily have put with front no taking badly also of thought seeing much stop went coming thought next following away turning as got time heard slipping if suddenly there moment around looking until took bad will seeing aware always always saw happened much put quick hearing there hear think might start ran nearly quickly quickly like never walk already taking another took cry all far face hearing the going be thinking slipping first turned close face happened suddenly taking in once start her turned get turning turn suddenly only looked falling coming look following much one bruise turned start looked again for few went follow go now follow very looked happened almost so slip tripping into would floor much people who away time tripped stopped came saw.