Antonyms for trip
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : trip |
| Phonetic Transcription : trɪp |
Definition of trip
Origin :- late 14c. (implied in tripper), "tread or step lightly, skip, caper," from Old French tripper "strike with the feet" (12c.), from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch trippen "to skip, trip, hop," Low German trippeln, Frisian tripje, Dutch trappen, Old English treppan "to tread, trample") related to trap.
- The sense of "strike with the foot and cause to stumble" is first recorded early 15c. Meaning "to release" (a catch, lever, etc.) is recorded from 1897; trip-wire is attested from 1916. Related: Tripped; tripping.
- noun journey, excursion
- noun error, blunder
- verb fall, err
- I'd 'a' felt foolish to have anyone know jest why I was makin' the trip.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Auntie, dear, the trip has made me more restless and dissatisfied than ever.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Suppose that you are taking a trip in the mountains and you have seen a deer.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- He would say that his was a trip of business, and not pleasure, and hard work he had.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- I'm not going to Welland this trip, as you may be disappointed to learn.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I don't believe one of them ever fired a weapon before this trip.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- We had planned a trip to the Knob the next day, and were to camp out for the night.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- And yet it was nothing very unusual for Mr Verloc to take such a trip.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- That was the Marquis's name for her: gave it after a trip to Egypt.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- It got into shadows on the road, and lay cunningly on its back to trip him up.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for trip
- buck
- bungle
- canter
- confuse
- cruise
- disconcert
- errand
- expedition
- fall
- fall over
- false move
- false step
- faux pas
- foray
- founder
- frolic
- go headlong
- go wrong
- hop
- indiscretion
- jaunt
- junket
- lapse
- lope
- lose balance
- lose footing
- lurch
- make a faux pas
- miscalculate
- misstep
- mistake
- outing
- overnight
- peregrination
- pitch
- play
- plunge
- ramble
- run
- skip
- slide
- slip
- slip on
- slip up
- sprawl
- spring
- stumble
- swing
- throw off
- topple
- tour
- travel
- trek
- tumble
- unsettle
- voyage
- weekend
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