Definition of trip#up in English English dictionary
- trip
- To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble
Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.
- trip
- To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
- trip
- A stumble or misstep
He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.
- trip
- To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
- trip
- Of or relating to trips
- trip
- A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
He had a strange trip after taking LSD.
- trip
- A journey
We made a trip to the beach.
- trip
- To journey, to make a trip
Last somewhere we tripped to the coast.
- trip
- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.
- trip
- A faux pas, a social error
- trip balls
- To experience a severe drug-induced hallucinatory trip
During college, I had lived and studied at the Slade School in London for a year, and I became involved in the trance club scene—the Fridge, Escape from Samsara, Return to the Source—and what became apparent was that these thousand kids tripping balls on ecstasy just want to feel something.
- trip cord
- A cord, line, lanyard, or wire that, when pulled, mechanically activates a device
Seeing the trip cord of a bouncing Betty nearby gave us cold chills, and we moved all the more slowly through the woods.
- trip cord
- A type of electrical extention cord: see pad
- trip cords
- plural form of trip cord
- trip hammer
- A powered machine used in a forge which repeatedly strikes work placed on an anvil
- trip hammers
- plural form of trip hammer
- trip hop
- A genre of slow dance music combining elements of hip hop with melodic, often psychedelic, sounds and impressionistic lyrics
- trip out
- To have a fit, to become enraged
- trip out
- To hallucinate as a result of drugs
They started to trip out' after 5 minutes of eating the mushrooms.
- trip out
- To have as an image in one's mind
- trip over one's own two feet
- To stumble while walking, without having tripped over anything
- trip over the wire
- To make a mistake
I tripped over the wire when modifying the source code of a computer program because the unusual code that I straightened out was intentionally put in place.
- trip switch
- A device that deactivates an electrical circuit under certain conditions, often for safety reasons
- trip the light fantastic
- To dance or to move rhythmically to musical accompaniment, especially in a graceful or nimble manner
In the fairy tale by the Grimm brothers, they each wear out a pair of dancing shoes nightly, tripping the light fantastic in a magic forest.
- trip the light fantastic toe
- Alternative form of trip the light fantastic
The venerable Sachems now returned to the ballroom, where they tripped the light fantastic toe until the hour far.
- trip tic
- A map, with the route highlighted, for an individual excursion or vacation
- trip tics
- plural form of trip tic
- trip to the woodshed
- An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered
More than a few of the 3,000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, gathered for their annual convention in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last week, felt like small boys worrying about a trip to the woodshed. None knew how vindictive or friendly toward business the Truman Administration would be.
- trip up
- To commit an error, make a mistake
- trip up
- To fall or stumble
- trip up
- To cause (someone) to fall or stumble
- trip up
- To cause (someone) to commit an error, trick into a mistake
- trip
- {v} to stumble, mistake, err strike up the feet, supplant, detect, go nimbly
- trip
- {n} a stumble, mistake, error, short voyage
- trip on
- Stumble on someone or something and fall
- trip over
- Stumble on someone or something and fall
- trip switch
- (Elektrik, Elektronik) A safety switch which automatically stops electricity flowing to a machine if a dangerously large current is created by the machine failing to operate as it should
- trip
- to activate or set in motion. (This usage is usually associated with the activation of a trap or explosive device. See tripwire.)
- trip
- a stumble
- trip
- A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt
- trip
- an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
- trip
- A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc
- trip
- a faux pas, a social error, see tripping
- trip
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
- trip
- an exciting or stimulting experience a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
- trip
- A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing
- trip
- a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
- trip
- The action of breaking a circuit - usually refers to an automatic rather than a manual action Top
- trip
- To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
- trip
- Français : DÉPLACEMENT Deutsch : REISE, Fahrgastfahrt mit Zu- und Abgang The complete movement of a passenger (or another person, e g driver) from one PLACE of any sort to another A TRIP may consist of one PT TRIP and the corresponding ACCESS WALKs, or in one ACCESS WALK only
- trip
- Attacker rolls opposed Combat check to opponent's Reflex save to trip opponent and knock them prone
- trip
- A trip is an experience that someone has when their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD
- trip
- Toxic Release Inventory Program
- trip
- To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; sometimes followed by it
- trip
- The action of breaking a circuit - usually refers to an automatic rather than a manual action BACK TO TOP
- trip
- A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward
- trip
- To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail
- trip
- an exciting or stimulting experience
- trip
- Fig
- trip
- – To cause a card’s power to activate either unintentionally or on purpose In Buffy this will idea will come into play with Episode Cards “When I met the target of ‘Graduation Day, Part I’, it immediately tripped my ‘Graduation Day, Part II ’”
- trip
- A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance
- trip
- a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
- trip
- The event which involves deployment of the coiled tubing string from the reel into the wellbore and the subsequent retrieval of the coiled tubing back onto the reel
- trip
- Making a "trip" is the procedure of pulling the entire string of drill pipe out of the borehole and then running the entire length of drill pipe back in the hole
- trip
- A troop of men; a host
- trip
- If you trip when you are walking, you knock your foot against something and fall or nearly fall. She tripped and fell last night and broke her hip He tried to follow Jack's footsteps in the snow and tripped on a rock Trip up means the same as trip. I tripped up and hurt my foot Make sure trailing flexes are kept out of the way so you don't trip up over them
- trip
- a series of four to six handlings of a pallet, required to move a palletized unit load from the shipping point to the receiving point
- trip
- To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
- trip
- a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"
- trip
- Something you take for pleasure or business In the Reality Dictionary, a trip to Israel is pleasurable, but also instructive and inspiring! It can help you find the reality about many things, and maybe even about yourself
- trip
- cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up
- trip
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
- trip
- A one way journey by an individual using any transport mode
- trip
- A trip is a journey that you make to a particular place. On the Thursday we went out on a day trip Mark was sent to the Far East on a business trip. see also round trip
- trip
- If someone trips somewhere, they walk there with light, quick steps. A girl in a red smock tripped down the hill
- trip
- 1 Hallucinogens experience
- trip
- a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
- trip
- To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
- trip
- to use drugs that induce hallucinations, particularly LSD
- trip
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
- trip
- The journey between one point and another
- trip
- See It, 5
- trip
- - A single or one-way movement either to or from a subject property or study are
- trip
- RFC 3219 A protocol for distributing E 164 numbering plans between VoIP devices, similar to how BGP or OSPF distribute IP routes between routers
- trip
- To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble
- trip
- To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail
- trip
- If someone is tripping, they are having an experience in which their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD. One night I was tripping on acid
- trip
- A one-way movement of a person or vehicle between two points Many transit statistics are based on Òunlinked passenger trips,Ó which refer to individual one-way trips made by individual riders in individual vehicles A person who leaves home on one vehicle, transfers to a second vehicle to arrive at a destination, leaves the destination on a third vehicle and has to transfer to yet another vehicle to complete the journey home has made four unlinked passenger trips
- trip
- cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
- trip
- 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
- trip
- to fall over or stumble over something with your feet
- trip
- If you trip someone who is walking or running, you put your foot or something else in front of them, so that they knock their own foot against it and fall or nearly fall. One guy stuck his foot out and tried to trip me. Trip up means the same as trip. He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up
- trip
- To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe
- trip
- period of experiencing drug-induced hallucinations
- trip
- A flock of widgeons
- trip
- make a trip for pleasure
- trip
- get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"
- trip
- To release, let fall, or set free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent
- trip
- {i} voyage, journey; stumble, fall; error, blunder; control lever; sensory experience caused by hallucinogenic drugs (Slang); obsession, preoccupation (Slang); intense experience
- trip
- disapproval If you say that someone is, for example, on a power trip, a guilt trip, or a nostalgia trip, you mean that their behaviour is motivated by power, guilt, or nostalgia. There's such pressure to be happy in Hawaii, if you're unhappy you're on a guilt trip The biggest star perk, and the biggest power trip, must be the private plane
- trip
- A small piece; a morsel; a bit
- trip
- An error; a failure; a mistake
- trip
- {f} stumble, fall; cause to stumble; make an error in conduct, blunder; walk or dance with light steps; hinder, obstruct; trigger, activate; make a journey; take hallucinogenic drugs (Slang)
- trip
- A single or one direction vehicle movement
- trip
- Consists of four to six handlings of a pallet
- trip
- TRansport Information Partnership
- trip
- put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
- trip around the world
- voyage all over the world, trip from one side of the earth to the other
- trip generation
- In planning, the determination or prediction of the number of trips produced by and attracted to each zone, mode or area
- trip generation
- In planning, the determination or prediction of the number of trips produced by and attracted to each zone
- trip generation
- - The Total number of trips ends produced by specific land use or activity
- trip hammer
- A tilt hammer
- trip hop
- a type of dance music played with electronic instruments that has a slow beat
- trip line
- a light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance
- trip out
- get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"
- trip someone up
- make someone stumble, cause someone to make a mistake; make someone fall
- trip up
- detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator"
- trip up
- cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
- trip up
- detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator
- trip up
- make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
- trip up
- If someone or something trips a person up, or if they trip up, they fail or make a mistake. Your own lies will trip you up He will do all he can to trip up the new right-wing government The two occasions she tripped up tell you nothing about how often she got away with it. see also trip 2, 3
- trip wire
- a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over
- trip wire
- a small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces
- trip wire
- a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over a small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces
- boat trip
- trip made with a boat or ship
- business trip
- travel for business purposes, which is at least partly paid for by the employer
- ego trip
- Self-aggrandizement; an act undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance
- fam trip
- A free (or low cost) trip for travel consultants, provided by a travel operator or airline as a means of promoting their service
- field trip
- An educational trip in which a class visits a location away from school, such as a museum, zoo, or corporate facility
- field-trip
- Attributive form of field trip
field-trip permission slip.
- guilt trip
- A feeling of shame or embarrassment, especially if self-indulgent, unwarranted, exaggerated or felt over a significant period of time
- guilt trip
- Remarks intended to produce such a feeling
- power trip
- Any activity which confers a sense of power on the person involved
- power trip
- The excitement that results from such an activity
- power-trip
- To engage in a power trip
- road trip
- A recreational excursion in a car, often as a type of vacation
- round trip
- A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location
Margaret purchased a single round trip ticket to and from Chicago, as it was cheaper than buying two one-way tickets.
- round-trip
- Alternative spelling of round trip
- round-trip time
- The time elapsed for a message to a remote place and back again
- school trip
- an event in which schoolchildren journey to a separate location to their normal learning environment under the authority of the staff of their school and with the purpose of learning by experience
- guilt-trip
- 1. (noun) a feeling of guilt, especially when self-indulgent. 2. (verb: guilt-trip) make (someone) feel guilty, especially to induce them to do something
- power trip
- An action undertaken chiefly for the gratification associated with the exercise of power over another or others
He was giving orders, and people were taking them. He was on a power trip (Nelson DeMille).