trip

English

/tɹɪp/

noun
Definitions
  • a journey; an excursion or jaunt
  • a stumble or misstep
  • (figurative) an error; a failure; a mistake
  • a period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
  • a faux pas, a social error
  • intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition
  • (engineering) a mechanical cutout device
  • (electricity) a trip-switch or cut-out
  • a quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
  • (obsolete) a small piece; a morsel; a bit
  • the act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing
  • (nautical) a single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward

Etymology

Derived from Middle English trippen (skip, tread step lightly and nimbly, dance) derived from Old French triper (hop dance around, strike with the feet) derived from Middle Dutch trippen (hop, skip, trip, trample, stamp).

Origin

Middle Dutch

trippen

Gloss

hop, skip, trip, trample, stamp

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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