Main entry: trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep
Definition: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Usage: he recited the whole poem without a single trip; he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later; confusion caused his unfortunate misstep
Main entry: trip
Definition: a light or nimble tread
Usage: he heard the trip of women's feet overhead
Main entry: trip
Definition: a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
Usage: he took a trip to the shopping center
Definition: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
Usage: the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
Definition: an exciting or stimulating experience
Definition: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
Usage: he blamed his slip on the ice; the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
Main entry: trip
Definition: a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
Usage: an acid trip
Main entry: trip, trip out, turn on, get off
Definition: get high, stoned, or drugged
Usage: He trips every weekend
Main entry: set off, spark, spark off, activate, actuate, trigger, trigger off, trip, touch off
Definition: put in motion or move to act
Usage: trigger a reaction; actuate the circuits
Main entry: travel, trip, jaunt
Definition: make a trip for pleasure
Definition: miss a step and fall or nearly fall
Usage: She stumbled over the tree root
Definition: cause to stumble
Usage: The questions on the test tripped him up