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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trip \Trip\, v. t. 1. 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. The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of his cause --Abp. Bramhall. 2. Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of to obstruct; to cause to fail To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword. --Shak. 3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. [R.] These her women can trip me if I err. --Shak. 4. (Naut.) a To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free b To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it 5. (Mach.) To release, let fall, or see free as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trip \Trip\, n. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tripped}; p. pr & vb n. {Tripping}.] [OE. trippen; akin to D. trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See {Tramp}.] 1. 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. This horse anon began to trip and dance. --Chaucer. Come and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe. --Milton. She bounded by and tripped so light They had not time to take a steady sight. --Dryden. 2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as to trip to Europe. 3. 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. 4. Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule to err; to mistake; to fail ``Till his tongue trip.'' --Locke. A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble. --South. Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure. --Dryden. What? dost thou verily trip upon a word? --R. Browning. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trip \Trip\, n. 1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt. I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. --Pope. 3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake. Imperfect words with childish trips. --Milton. Each seeming trip, and each digressive start --Harte. 4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. [Obs.] ``A trip of cheese.'' --Chaucer. 5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing. And watches with a trip his foe to foil. --Dryden. It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. --South. 6. (Naut.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward. 7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc [Prov. Eng. & Scott.] 8. A troop of men; a host. [Obs.] --Robert of Brunne 9. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of widgeons. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trip n 1: a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center" 2: a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip" 3: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" [syn: {slip}] 4: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water" [syn: {tripper}] 5: a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead" 6: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" [syn: {stumble}, {misstep}] v 1: miss a step and fall or nearly fall: "She stumbled over the tree root." [syn: {stumble}] 2: cause to stumble [syn: {trip up}] 3: make a trip for pleasure [syn: {travel}, {jaunt}] 4: actuate; "trigger a reaction" [syn: {actuate}, {trigger}, {activate}, {set off}, {spark off}, {spark}, {trigger off}, {touch off}] 5: get high, stoned, or drugged [syn: {trip out}, {turn on}, {get off}]
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