trip definition

1. a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
• examples: he took a trip to the shopping center
2. a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
• examples: an acid trip
3. an exciting or stimulating experience
4. a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
• examples: the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
5. a light or nimble tread
• examples: he heard the trip of women's feet overhead
6. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
• examples: he recited the whole poem without a single trip
• examples: he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
• examples: confusion caused his unfortunate misstep
7. cause to stumble
• examples: The questions on the test tripped him up
8. put in motion or move to act
• examples: trigger a reaction
• examples: actuate the circuits
9. get high, stoned, or drugged
• examples: He trips every weekend