Definition of trip

• n. i. - 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.
• n. i. - To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
• n. i. - 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.
• n. i. - Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
• v. t. - To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
• v. t. - To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
• v. t. - To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
• v. t. - To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
• n. - A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
• n. - A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
• n. - A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
• n. - A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
• n. - A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
• n. - A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
• n. - A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
• n. - A troop of men; a host.
• n. - A flock of widgeons.