trip
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,412 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,114 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) he took a trip to the shopping center
- a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs an acid trip
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall also: slip he blamed his slip on the icethe jolt caused many slips and a few spills
- an exciting or stimulating experience also: head trip
- a catch mechanism that acts as a switch also: tripper the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
- a light or nimble tread he heard the trip of women's feet overhead
verb
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall also: stumble She stumbled over the tree root
trip in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Who would not take a trip to Margate?
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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The trip can be extended, and the route changed, by unanimous vote of the passengers.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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For he had decided to make his first trip to the country outside the Land of Oz.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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How could she rest, or enjoy the trip unless she were sure that Dorothy was absolutely content and happy?
Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore · Amy Brooks · Chapter 1
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We had such a delightful outing, it seemed only fair that we should take you children for a trip also.
Marjorie's Maytime · Carolyn Wells · Chapter 1