different between off vs trip
off
English
Alternative forms
- offn
Etymology
From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?epo (“from, off, back”). Cognate with Scots of, af (“off, away”), West Frisian af, ôf (“off, away”), Dutch af (“off, from”), German Low German of (“off, from”), German ab (“off, from”), Danish af (“of, off”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish av (“of, off”), Icelandic af (“of, off”), Gothic ???????? (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ??? (apó, “from”), and others. Doublet of of.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f/
- (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /??f/
- (General American) enPR: ?f, IPA(key): /?f/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
- Rhymes: -??f
Adverb
off (not comparable)
- In a direction away from the speaker or object.
- So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- (theater) Offstage.
- noises off
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
Usage notes
- off is used as an adverbial particle in a number of phrasal verbs (shake off, show off, switch off, take off, and so forth). This is not to be confused with prepositional use (e.g. jump off the table, keep off the grass; see below).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
off (comparative more off, superlative most off)
- Inoperative, disabled.
- Antonym: on
- Cancelled; not happening.
- The party's off because the hostess is sick.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.
- The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.
- Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- Antonym: fresh
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- Inappropriate; untoward.
- I felt that his comments were a bit off.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- Our family used to be well off; now we're very badly off.
- How are you off for milk? Shall I get you some more from the shop?
- Started on the way.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:[1]
- —Hello, Bloom. Where are you off to?
- —Hello, M’Coy. Nowhere in particular.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:[1]
- Far; off to the side.
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial (2000), p.151:
- He came in, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an off corner and didn’t open his mouth.
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial (2000), p.151:
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
- — I'll have the chicken please.
- — Sorry, chicken's off today.
- (Britain, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- 1963, Jack Schaefer: Monte Walsh, page 174:
- The man and the horse came closer and were Sonny Jacobs of the Diamond Six and a smallish neat sorrel definitely favouring its off forefoot.
- The off front wheel came loose.
- Antonym: near
- 1963, Jack Schaefer: Monte Walsh, page 174:
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Antonyms: on, leg
Derived terms
Translations
Preposition
off
- Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
- samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
Antonyms
- on
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
off (third-person singular simple present offs, present participle offing, simple past and past participle offed)
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off.
Translations
Noun
off (uncountable)
- (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.
Further reading
- off at OneLook Dictionary Search
References
- off on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- FFO
Central Franconian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f/
Etymology 1
From Middle High German ofte, chiefly through German oft.
Adverb
off (comparative öfter, superlative et öffste)
- (Ripuarian) often
- Synonyms: deck, (obsolete in some places, dated in others) decks
Alternative forms
- oft (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology 2
Conjunction
off
- Alternative spelling of ov
Spanish
Etymology
From English off.
Adjective
off (invariable)
- off-screen
- (theater) off-Broadway; minor-league; small-time
Derived terms
- en off
- voz en off
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trip
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp.
Pronunciation
- enPR: tr?p, IPA(key): /t??p/, [t??????p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
trip (plural trips)
- A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- 1918, Ralph Henry Barbour, Lost Island
- I sold my horse and took a trip to Ceylon and back on an Orient boat as a passenger,
- 1918, Ralph Henry Barbour, Lost Island
- A stumble or misstep.
- (figuratively) An error; a failure; a mistake.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:error
- 1767, Walter Harte, The amaranth; or, Religious poems
- Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.
- (colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
- (by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
- A faux pas, a social error.
- (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
- (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
- (obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum
- The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
- 1661 December 10, Robert South, False Foundations Removed […]
- It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.
- 1661 December 10, Robert South, False Foundations Removed […]
- (nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- round-trip
- trippy
- trip working
Related terms
- trip down memory lane
- trip hop
- trip to the woodshed
Translations
Verb
trip (third-person singular simple present trips, present participle tripping, simple past and past participle tripped)
- (intransitive) 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.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them
- A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
- 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.
- (intransitive) to be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- , Book III
- till his tongue trips
- , "Discourse upon 2 Thessalonians ii.II"
- A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.
- Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure.
- , Book III
- (transitive, obsolete) to detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
- (transitive) 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.
- (intransitive) to be activated, as by a signal or an event
- (intransitive) to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
- 1970, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, "Fairies Wear Boots", Black Sabbath, Paranoid.
- After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
- 1970, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, "Fairies Wear Boots", Black Sabbath, Paranoid.
- (intransitive) to journey, to make a trip
- Last summer we tripped to the coast.
- (intransitive, dated) to move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
- She bounded by, and tripped so light / They had not time to take a steady sight.
- (nautical) to raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
- (nautical) to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, most commonly used in the form tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
trip (not comparable)
- (poker slang) of or relating to trips
Etymology 2
From Middle English tryppe, from Old French trippe.
Noun
trip (plural trips)
- (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect) a herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
- (obsolete) a troop of men; a host
- a flock of wigeons
Anagrams
- ript
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
trip f or m (plural trips, diminutive tripje n)
- a trip, a short excursion, a vacation, travelling
- hallucination, tripping
Derived terms
- pleziertrip
- zakentrip
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman trippe (“dance”).
Alternative forms
- trippe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?trip(?)/
Noun
trip (plural trippus)
- An action that leads to a trip, fall or a bump; that which causes a misstep.
- (rare) A motion in a dance.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A voyage; an excursion.
Descendants
- English: trip
- Scots: trip
References
- “trip(pe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.
Etymology 2
Noun
trip
- Alternative form of tryppe
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English trip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [trip]
Noun
trip n (plural tripuri)
- (slang) trip (hallucination caused by drugs)
Inflection
Spanish
Noun
trip m (plural trips)
- trip (hallucination)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English trip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?ip/, [t??p]
Noun
trip
- (drug slang) trip
- (slang) something or someone liked
- 1989, National Mid-week
- May asawa at anak ang lalaki, pero trip niya ang mamboso at mambastos sa telcpono. Ginagamit ng lalaki ang ... ang mensahe ng pelikula. Ang problema ay nakaka-depress dahil mahirap labanan nang ganoon ang lalaking sira ang ulo.
- The man has a wife and a son, but he likes to harass and flirt with women on the telephone. The man uses the message of the movie. The problem is depressing because it's difficult to fight such a stupid man.
- May asawa at anak ang lalaki, pero trip niya ang mamboso at mambastos sa telcpono. Ginagamit ng lalaki ang ... ang mensahe ng pelikula. Ang problema ay nakaka-depress dahil mahirap labanan nang ganoon ang lalaking sira ang ulo.
- 1998, Honorio Bartolome De Dios, Sa Labas Ng Parlor, University of Philippines Press (?ISBN)
- Siguro nga napapayag mo siya, pero, nilasing mo 'yung tao, e. Hindi ko siya nilasing. Pareho kaming lasing n'ung gabing 'yun. Arnold, kilala ko ang kumpare ko. Matagal na kaming magkasama niyan. Ang trip talaga niya 'pag lasing, sex.
- You possible enticed her, but, you made the person drunk, don't you? I didn't made her drunk. We're both drunk that night. Arnold, I know my buddies. We've been together for long. What she likes when drunk is to have sex.
- Siguro nga napapayag mo siya, pero, nilasing mo 'yung tao, e. Hindi ko siya nilasing. Pareho kaming lasing n'ung gabing 'yun. Arnold, kilala ko ang kumpare ko. Matagal na kaming magkasama niyan. Ang trip talaga niya 'pag lasing, sex.
- 2008, Khavn De La Cruz, Khavn, Ultraviolins, UP Press (?ISBN), page 182:
- Wala, trip ko lang, wala lang akong magawa. May reklamo ka? Ako wala. Wala akong pakialam sa yo at sa kung ano mang iniisip mo. Bakit sa SM? Kase. Kase pareho ng initials ko. Yun lang.
- Nothing, just my idea, ['coz] I have nothing to do. Any problems? Nothing. I don't mind you and anything you think. Why in SM? Coz. Coz it's the same initials as mine. Just that.
- Wala, trip ko lang, wala lang akong magawa. May reklamo ka? Ako wala. Wala akong pakialam sa yo at sa kung ano mang iniisip mo. Bakit sa SM? Kase. Kase pareho ng initials ko. Yun lang.
- 1989, National Mid-week
Synonyms
- (something/someone liked): kursonada
Derived terms
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