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  • trip — [trip] vi. tripped, tripping [ME trippen < OFr treper < Gmc * trippon (> OE treppan, to step): see TRAP1] 1. to walk, run, or dance with light, rapid steps; skip; caper 2. to stumble, esp. by catching the foot 3. to make a false step,… …   English World dictionary

  • trip — [n1] journey, excursion cruise, errand, expedition, foray, hop*, jaunt, junket, outing, overnight, peregrination, ramble*, run, swing*, tour, travel, trek, voyage, weekend; concept 224 trip [n2] error, blunder bungle, fall, false move, false step …   New thesaurus

  • False advertising — or deceptive advertising is the use of false or misleading statements in advertising. As advertising has the potential to persuade people into commercial transactions that they might otherwise avoid, many governments around the world use… …   Wikipedia

  • Trip — (tr[i^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tripped} (tr[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tripping}.] [OE. trippen; akin to D. trippen, Dan. trippe, and E. tramp. See {Tramp}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trip — Trip, n. 1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. [1913 Webster] His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. A brief or rapid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trip — Trip, v. t. 1. 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • trip up — Trip Trip, v. t. 1. 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • trip — Synonyms and related words: airlift, airy nothing, allure, amble, antic, apparition, army, atrocity, autism, backslide, bad job, bait the hook, balk, barge, be all thumbs, bevue, birdlime, blooper, blow down, blow over, blunder, blunder away,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • trip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. journey, excursion, voyage; slip, error;slang, drug high. v. skip; stumble; offend, err; obstruct, halt. See leap, imagination, drugs. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A journey] Syn. voyage, excursion, tour;… …   English dictionary for students

  • trip — I. v. n. 1. Skip, hop, step quickly, dance, foot it. 2. Stumble, lose footing, make a false step, make a false movement. 3. Fail, mistake, err, be at fault, come short, commit an offence, bungle, blunder. II. v. a. 1. Supplant, throw off the… …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • trip — 1. verb 1) he tripped on the loose stones Syn: stumble, lose one s footing, catch one s foot, slip, lose one s balance, fall, fall down, tumble, topple, take a spill, wipe out 2) students often trip up by forgetting to add a bibliography Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

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