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  1. noun A going from one place to another; a journey.
  2. noun A stumble or fall.
  3. noun A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.
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  • If you have been to Israel before, this trip will be a great opportunity to deepen your understanding of how powerfully the Lord is moving there. —  Latest Articles
  • Anyway, the trip to Okinawa draws to a close and everyone on the trip is as annoying as possible, as all high school students are on trips. —  Okazu
  • Apparently the trip was a success: the restaurant now serves pasta and pizza made with ingredients flown in from Europe to North Korea's elite. —  FP Passport
  • "I've had a lot of veterans tell me this trip was the greatest day of their life," Morse says. —  American Profile
  • A statement from Biden's office said the trip was a fact-finding mission. —  WBAY Action 2 News
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journey ·  ride ·  tour ·  visit ·  excursion ·  flight ·  travel ·  adventure ·  mission ·  drive ·  run ·  meeting

Used in the same contextWord Family

trip:   trips ·  tripped ·  tripping
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English, act of tripping, from trippen, to trip, from Old French tripper, to stamp the foot, of Germanic origin.

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  1. Early modern English also tryppe; from Middle English trippen = Middle Dutch trippen, step lightly, trip, cause to stumble, Dutch trippen, trip, skip, =Swedish trippa =Danish trippe, tread lightly, trip; cf. freq. D. trippelen =Low German trippeln, later G. trippeln, trip; prob. a secondary form of the verb appearing as the source of trap, trap, trap, and ult. of tramp.
  2. Early modern English also tryppe; from Middle English trippe =Danish trip, a short step; from the verb.
  3. from Middle English trip, trippe: supposed to be a variant of troop, or from the same ult. source.
  4. Middle English trippe, trype; origin obscure. Cf. tripe.
  5. A modification of thrip, q. v.
 

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