(n. i.) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
(n. i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
(n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
(n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
(v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
(v. t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
(v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
(v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
(v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
(v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
(n.) A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
(n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
(n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
(n.) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
(n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
(n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
(n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
(n.) A troop of men; a host.
(n.) A flock of widgeons.
Example Sentences:
(1) We’ve spoken to them on the phone and they’ve all said they just want to come home.” A total of 93 pupils from Saint-Joseph were on the trip.
(2) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
(3) Grisham said she and other aides had not been aware of the trip and “appreciate everyone’s understanding”.
(4) Not just this trip, there's the constant, negative criticism over the years chipping away.
(5) But he won’t call.” Allardyce is also cynical about an offer from Swansea to compensate around 300 Sunderland fans who had booked trips to Wales before the date change.
(6) Indeed, the geographical nature of the division also keeps a check on the club's carbon footprint – Dartford rarely have to travel far outside the M25, with the trips to Bognor Regis and Margate about as distant as they get.
(7) Last week the prosecution dropped a series of allegations that Gail Sheridan, also 46, had lied on her husband's behalf by providing a series of false alibis to cover up his affairs and trips to Cupids.
(8) On Saturday I made my second trip to the campsite in Lower Stumble – my first journey was on 28 July.
(9) "Over the 70-odd days I was there last time [for the solo trip], I would only think there was less than half a day when all things were good."
(10) The trip raised millions for Comic Relief but prompted some uncharitable headlines after it emerged in July that Parfitt had billed the taxpayer £541.83 for "specialist clothing" – and a further £26.20 for the cost of picking it up in a cab.
(11) The dismissals were prompted by their participation in a racist orgy during what was supposed to be a goodwill trip to the homeland of the club’s billionaire owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
(12) Obama finishes his South African trip on Sunday, when he plans to give a speech on US-Africa policy at the University of Cape Town.
(13) A spokesman for the public relations firm Bell Pottinger, which represents Rajapaksa, denied that he had cancelled his trip to the UK last month becuse of fears that he might face an arrest warrant.
(14) Not bad, but the time it takes to collect goods is unpaid, as is the trip back to the starting point.
(15) Queen's speech: the day ‘psychoactive drugs’ tripped off the royal tongue Read more The first Queen’s speech of the second term should be golden.
(16) • earthseasky.org North Zakynthos Potamitis Brothers, North Zakynthos Where to stay: Potamitis Brothers The brothers run boat trips (see below), but also own some rather special accommodation perched on the cliffs of Cape Skinari on the northern tip of Zakynthos.
(17) Not only did it make every grocery-store run a guilt trip; it made me feel selfish for caring more about birds in the present than about people in the future.
(18) She was so exhausted from her trip to London she said she might stay there for 48 hours.
(19) There are so many African migrants in Libya wanting to make the dangerous trip to Europe that Tripoli zoo has been turned into a processing centre for them.
(20) Undeterred, Madonna, who has never been to Africa before, plans a trip to Malawi with husband Guy Ritchie - who has quietly visited the country earlier in the year.
Tripper
Definition:
(n.) One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer.
(n.) An excursionist.
Example Sentences:
(1) To the south is the mouth of the Blyth river, and to the north is Southwold itself, which means day-trippers can enjoy the quirky arcades and ice-cream in the morning, before retreating to the dunes here.
(2) Future road trippers are likely to experience even more delays and congestion.
(3) Chloe Dewe Mathews: ‘Day-trippers from east London perform Maghrib, the Islamic evening prayer on the promenade at Southend.’ The title of the series, Thames Log , came from the ship spotters at Tilbury, who “sit all day logging the continual stream of vessels passing through”.
(4) Staid courtyards winced to the sounds of Beggars Banquet, The White Album, Big Pink and Dr John The Night Tripper drifting through leaded windows.
(5) Ferries and seaplanes make the 70-mile trip from Key West, but once the day trippers leave, you can camp on the beach (permits required) and have the islands to yourself.
(6) Licking ice-creams in the late August sun as the waves lapped in, locals and day-trippers at Clacton-on-Sea's historic seafront were blissfully indifferent on Thursday to the political and media frenzy surrounding the defection to Ukip of the constituency's Tory MP, Douglas Carswell .
(7) Closed doors annul and muffle the world outside, the cackle of news bulletins from radios, the buzz of the trippers from the top of the town, even the apocalyptic roar of the aeroplanes as they dip towards Heathrow.
(8) The tone was set in the fourth minute when the right-back Kieran Tripper underhit a pass to Heaton and the mistake almost led to Schürrle scoring.
(9) Day-trippers should be aware that there are no lifeguards on duty here and it isn't safe to swim in the big surf as there are undertows.
(10) ^LE July 7, 2015 Eurotunnel recommended that day trippers rearrange their travel for another date due to the length of delays.
(11) But yesterday afternoon the town's car parks were half empty as day trippers stayed away, opting not to brave the icy blasts whipping off the grey North Sea.
(12) At 2pm on a sunny summer’s day at the start of the school holidays Kim Hitch would expect the village pub she owns near Leeds Castle to be bustling with day trippers.
(13) 20 superb UK walks – for families, day-trippers and long-distance ramblers Facebook Twitter Pinterest Burns Trail, Ayrshire.
(14) Today, road trippers will see vintage motels, old-school diners, restored gas stations and towns that look frozen in time.
(15) On the return leg, hungry trippers can pause at the homely Minnis Bar , also on The Parade in Birchington; it’s celebrated locally for home-smoked meats and fish, while its views west across Herne Bay as the sun slowly sets between swirling clouds are genuinely Turneresque.
(16) That would be a soccer 'trip', the kind where the 'trippee' goes down like a sack of spuds despite not remotely having been touched by the 'tripper'.
(17) But since 1968 it’s been freight, not commuters or day-trippers, taking this speedy route to Newcastle.
(18) When they hit the road, they did so in ancestral costumes and masks, resembling Dr John at his Night Tripper peak.
(19) Neither she nor Thurley will thank me for writing this, but it remains a byway open to traffic, so, at least in principle, it's still possible for trippers to park adjacent to Stonehenge, and in the time-honoured way munch sandwiches, drink tea from a Thermos, and perhaps scatter a few crumpled papery offerings.
(20) Like an artery, the “mother road” nurtured communities and serviced millions of truckers and road trippers for decades.