Definition of Trip

Noun: trip trip

A journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
"he took a trip to the shopping centre"
A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
"an acid trip"
An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
"he blamed his trip on the ice";
- slip
An exciting or stimulating experience
- head trip
A catch mechanism that acts as a switch
"the pressure activates the trip and releases the water";
- tripper
A light or nimble tread
"he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
An unintentional but embarrassing blunder
"he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later";
- trip-up, stumble, misstep

Verb: trip (tripped,tripping) trip

Miss a step and fall or nearly fall
"She tripped over the tree root";
- stumble
Cause to stumble
"The questions on the test tripped him up";
- trip up
Make a trip for pleasure
- travel, jaunt
Put in motion or move to act
"trip the circuits";
- actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
Get high, stoned, or drugged
"He trips every weekend";
- trip out, turn on, get off