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}]