trips

Meanings

Noun

• a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
• a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
• an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
• an exciting or stimulating experience
• a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
• a light or nimble tread
• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
• plural of trip
• Three of a kind, especially if one of the three cards is in one's hand and the other two are on the board. Compare set (“three of a kind, especially with one card on the board and the other two in one's hand”).

Verb

• miss a step and fall or nearly fall
• cause to stumble
• make a trip for pleasure
• put in motion or move to act
• get high, stoned, or drugged
  • "He trips every weekend"
• third-person singular simple present indicative of trip

Synonyms

activate, actuate, get off, head trip, jaunt, misstep, set off, slip, spark, spark off, stumble, touch off, travel, trigger, trigger off, trip, trip out, trip up, trip-up, tripper, turn on

Related Words

trips formation