Meaning

14 senses

  1. (intransitive)To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot

    Be careful not to trip on those tree roots. You tripped over the cat and fell downstairs just last week.

    stolpern

    спотыка́тьсяspotykátʹsja, споткну́тьсяspotknútʹsja, запина́тьсяzapinátʹsja

  2. (sometimes, transitive)To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.

    A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

    ein Bein stellen, zum Stolpern bringen

    подставля́ть подно́жкуpodstavljátʹ podnóžku, подста́вить подно́жкуpodstávitʹ podnóžku

    cause to stumble

  3. (intransitive)To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc

  4. (transitive)To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.

    When we get into the factory, trip the lights.

    einschalten, aktivieren, in Gang setzen

  5. (intransitive)To be activated, as by a signal or an event

    The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.

  6. Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).

  7. (intransitive)To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.

    After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.

    fantasieren, halluzinieren, einen Trip haben

    кайфова́тьkajfovátʹ, балде́тьbaldétʹ, торча́тьtorčátʹ

  8. (intransitive)To journey, to make a trip.

    Last summer, we tripped to the coast.

    eine Reise machen, eine Reise unternehmen, fahren

    make a trip for pleasure

  9. (dated, intransitive)To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.

  10. To raise (an anchor) from the sea bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.

  11. To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

  12. (slang)To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.

Examples

2446 sentences

  1. I bought a round-trip ticket.

    Я купив квиток туди і назад. — deniko

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  2. Is this your first trip abroad?

    Це твоя перша поїздка за кордон? — deniko

    ruЭто твоя первая поездка за границу? — NastyaKayokhtina

    deIst dies deine erste Reise ins Ausland? — al_ex_an_der

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  3. I accompanied him on the trip.

    Я супроводжував його під час поїздки. — deniko

    ruЯ сопровождал его в путешествии. — corvard

    deIch begleitete ihn auf der Reise. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Are you ready for the trip?

    Ти готовий до подорожі? — deniko

    ruТы готов к поездке? — corvard

    deSeid ihr reisefertig? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. What's the purpose of your trip?

    Яка мета вашої поїздки? — deniko

    ruКакова цель вашей поездки? — kobylkin

    deWas ist der Zweck ihrer Reise? — Dejo

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to fall over or stumble over an object:
to cause to stumble:
to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to fall over or stumble over an object:
to cause to stumble:
to activate or set in motion:
to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate:
to make a trip:

Origin

From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps fro

From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp.

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Forms

trips, tripping, tripped, tripped
Base formtrip · to trip
3rd person singulartrips
Present participletripping
Past simpletripped
Past participletripped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrip
he, she, ittrips

Past simpleLesson

all personstripped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tripped
he, she, ithas tripped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trip

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words
Relatedtripper
Derivedmistriptrippyatripovertriptripcocktrip outtrip overtrippabletrippanttrip uptripwireuntrip

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • about your trip
  • take a trip
  • on a trip
  • a business trip
  • round trip ticket
  • a trip to
  • your trip to
  • business trip
  • a round trip
  • planning a trip
  • on your trip
  • about his trip

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trinitytrinkettrioB2tripetriple

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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