trip

/trɪp/

Also a verb

Meaning

  1. A journey or excursion, especially for pleasure or a specific purpose.

    • We planned a quick road trip to the coast for the holiday weekend.

  2. A stumble or misstep caused by catching one's foot on something.

    • A sudden trip on the broken pavement left her with a scraped knee.

  3. A period of hallucination or altered perception induced by a psychedelic drug.

    • He described the acid trip as an overwhelming sensory experience.

Collocations

  • road trip
  • business trip
  • day trip
  • round trip
  • take a trip
  • guilt trip

Idioms

  • lay a guilt trip on

    make someone feel guilty

    She tried to lay a guilt trip on him for skipping the family reunion.

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