trip1

[trip] /trɪp/
noun
1.
a journey or voyage:
to win a trip to Paris.
2.
a journey, voyage, or run made by a boat, train, bus, or the like, between two points:
It's a short trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia.
3.
round trip (defs 1, 2).
4.
a single journey or course of travel taken as part of one's duty, work, etc.:
his daily trip to the bank.
5.
a stumble; misstep.
6.
a sudden impeding or catching of a person's foot so as to throw the person down, especially in wrestling.
7.
a slip, mistake, error, or blunder.
8.
an error or lapse in conduct or etiquette.
9.
a light, nimble step or movement of the feet.
10.
Machinery.
  1. a projecting object mounted on a moving part for striking a control lever to stop, reverse, or otherwise control the actions of some machine, as a milling machine or printing press.
  2. a sudden release or start.
11.
a catch of fish taken by a fishing vessel in a single voyage.
12.
Slang.
  1. an instance or period of being under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, especially LSD.
  2. the euphoria, illusions, etc., experienced during such a period.
  3. any stimulating or exciting experience:
    The class reunion was a real trip.
  4. any intense interest or preoccupation:
    She's been on a nostalgia trip all week.
  5. a period of time, experience, or lifestyle:
    Those early years in college were a bad trip.
verb (used without object), tripped, tripping.
13.
to stumble:
to trip over a child's toy.
14.
to make a slip, error, or mistake, as in conversation or conduct.
15.
to step lightly or nimbly; skip; dance.
16.
to go with a light, quick step or tread:
She tripped gaily across the room.
17.
to make a journey or excursion.
18.
to tip or tilt.
19.
Horology. (of a tooth on an escape wheel) to slide past the face of the pallet by which it is supposed to be locked and strike the pallet in such a way as to move the balance or pendulum improperly.
20.
Slang. to be under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, especially LSD (often followed by out):
He tripped out on peyote.
verb (used with object), tripped, tripping.
21.
to cause to stumble (often followed by up):
The rug tripped him up.
22.
to cause to fail; hinder, obstruct, or overthrow.
23.
to cause to make a slip or error (often followed by up):
to trip up a witness by skillful questioning.
24.
to catch in a slip or error.
25.
to tip or tilt.
26.
Nautical.
  1. to break out (an anchor) by turning over or lifting from the bottom by a line (tripping line) attached to the anchor's crown.
  2. to tip or turn (a yard) from a horizontal to a vertical position.
  3. to lift (an upper mast) before lowering.
27.
to operate, start, or set free (a mechanism, weight, etc.) by suddenly releasing a catch, clutch, or the like.
28.
Machinery. to release or operate suddenly (a catch, clutch, etc.).
29.
wedge (def 17).
30.
to tread or dance lightly upon (the ground, floor, etc.).
31.
Archaic. to perform with a light or tripping step, as a dance.
Idioms
32.
lay a trip on, Slang. to inflict one's preoccupations or obsessions on (another person):
Mother's been trying to lay a guilt trip on me about leaving home.
33.
trip the light fantastic, Facetious. to go dancing.
Origin
1350-1400; 1960-65 for def 12; Middle English trippen to step lightly < Old French trip(p)er < Middle Dutch; compare early Dutch trippen, Dutch trippelen (frequentative with -el), akin to Old English treppan to tread
Related forms
untripped, adjective
Synonyms
1. excursion, tour, jaunt, junket. Trip, expedition, journey, pilgrimage, voyage are terms for a course of travel made to a particular place, usually for some specific purpose. Trip is the general word, indicating going any distance and returning, by walking or any means of locomotion, for either business or pleasure, and in either a hurried or a leisurely manner: a trip to Europe; a vacation trip; a bus trip. An expedition, made often by an organized company, is designed to accomplish a specific purpose: an archaeological expedition. Journey indicates a trip of considerable length, wholly or mainly by land, for business or pleasure or other reasons, and is now applied to travel that is more leisurely or more fatiguing than a trip; a return is not necessarily indicated: the long journey to Tibet. A pilgrimage is made as to a shrine, from motives of piety or veneration: a pilgrimage to Lourdes. A voyage is travel by water or air, usually for a long distance and for business or pleasure; if by water, leisure is indicated: a voyage around the world. 7. lapse, oversight. 14. bungle, blunder, err.
British Dictionary definitions for trip the light fantastic

trip

/trɪp/
noun
1.
an outward and return journey, often for a specific purpose
2.
any tour, journey, or voyage
3.
a false step; stumble
4.
any slip or blunder
5.
a light step or tread
6.
a manoeuvre or device to cause someone to trip
7.
Also called tripper
  1. any catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch
  2. (as modifier): trip button
8.
a surge in the conditions of a chemical or other automatic process resulting in an instability
9.
(informal) a hallucinogenic drug experience
10.
(informal) any stimulating, profound, etc, experience
verb trips, tripping, tripped
11.
often foll by up, or when intr, by on or over. to stumble or cause to stumble
12.
to make or cause to make a mistake or blunder
13.
(transitive) often foll by up. to trap or catch in a mistake
14.
(intransitive) to go on a short tour or journey
15.
(intransitive) to move or tread lightly
16.
(intransitive) (informal) to experience the effects of LSD or any other hallucinogenic drug
17.
(transitive)
  1. to activate (a mechanical trip)
  2. trip a switch, to switch electric power off by moving the switch armature to disconnect the supply
See also trip out
Derived Forms
trippingly, adverb
Word Origin
C14: from Old French triper to tread, of Germanic origin; related to Low German trippen to stamp, Middle Dutch trippen to walk trippingly, trepelen to trample
Word Origin and History for trip the light fantastic

trip

v.

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.

n.

"act or action of tripping," 1650s, from trip (v.); sense of "a short journey or voyage" is from 1690s, originally a nautical term, the connection is uncertain. The meaning "psychedelic drug experience" is first recorded 1959 as a noun; the verb in this sense is from 1966, from the noun.

Slang definitions & phrases for trip the light fantastic

trip 1

noun

An arrest; a prison sentence; fall

[1920s+ Underworld; fr trip, ''stumble, fall'']


trip 2

noun
  1. A psychedelic narcotics experience: users like beat poet Allen Ginsberg (30 trips) (1959+ Narcotics)
  2. Any experience comparable with a psychedelic experience: The park is an icon. A nostalgia trip back into a youth/ I've known Chuck for many years and he's a trip. He's fun to be around (1966+)
  3. A truly amazing person or thing: She's such a trip
verb
  1. (also trip out) To have a psychedelic narcotics experience or comparable experience: That film really tripped me out (1959+ Narcotics)
  2. To act stupidly: He was trippin' at the party/ If you're crazy, east side teens may say you're ''trippin','' ''postal,'' or ''gerpin''' (1980s+ Teenagers)
Related Terms

bad trip, ego trip, head trip, lay a trip on someone


Idioms and Phrases with trip the light fantastic

trip the light fantastic

Dance, as in Let's go out tonight and trip the light fantastic. This expression was originated by John Milton in L'Allegro (1632): “Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastick toe.” The idiom uses trip in the sense of “a light, tripping step,” and although fantastick was never the name of any particular dance, it survived and was given revived currency in James W. Blake's immensely popular song, The Sidewalks of New York (1894).

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