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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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dash
English
Etymology
From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swedish daska (“to smack, slap, spank”), of obscure origin. Compare German tatschen (“to grope, paw”), Old English dw?s?an (“to quell, put out, destroy, extinguish”). See also adwesch, dush.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
dash (plural dashes)
- (typography) Any of the following symbols: ? (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ? (horizontal bar).
- (computing) A hyphen or minus sign.
- (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
- A short run, flight.
- A rushing or violent onset.
- Violent strike; a whack.
- A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
- Add a dash of vinegar.
- (figuratively, by extension) A slight admixture.
- There is a dash of craziness in his personality.
- Ostentatious vigor.
- Aren't we full of dash this morning?
- A dashboard.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 31:
- The dash clock said 2:38 when […] I turned off a dirt road […] .
- 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 31:
- (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
- 1992, George B. N. Ayittey, Africa betrayed (page 44)
- The traditional practice of offering gifts or "dash" to chiefs has often been misinterpreted by scholars to provide a cultural explanation for the pervasive incidence of bribery and corruption in modern Africa.
- 2006, Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo, The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950 (page 99)
- Writing in 1924 on a similar situation in Ugep, the political officer, Mr. S. T. Harvey noted: "In the old days there was no specified dowry but merely dashes given to the father-in-law […]
- 2008, Lizzie Williams, Nigeria: The Bradt Travel Guide (page 84)
- The only other times you'll be asked for a dash is from beggars.
- 1992, George B. N. Ayittey, Africa betrayed (page 44)
- (dated, euphemistic) A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)
- 1853, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, Chapter VI, serialized in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, (VIII, no. 43, Dec 1853) p. 118
- Sir Thomas looks as if to ask what the dash is that to you! but wanting still to go to India again, and knowing how strong the Newcomes are in Leadenhall Street, he thinks it necessary to be civil to the young cub, and swallows his pride once more into his waistband.
- Comment: Some editions leave this passage out. Of those that include it, some change the 'you!' to 'you?'.
- 1884, Lord Robert Gower, My Reminiscences, reprinted in "The Evening Lamp", The Christian Union, (29) 22, (May 29, 1884) p. 524
- Who the dash is this person whom none of us know? and what the dash does he do here?
- 1853, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, Chapter VI, serialized in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, (VIII, no. 43, Dec 1853) p. 118
Hypernyms
- punctuation mark
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:dash
Derived terms
- dashing
- (typography): em dash, en dash
- (dashboard): dashcam, dash cam
Translations
See also
Punctuation
Verb
dash (third-person singular simple present dashes, present participle dashing, simple past and past participle dashed)
- (intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
- I have to dash now. See you soon.
- (transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
- He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- "`Silence! If you make a sound I shall take him and dash his brains out before your very eyes.'
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
- Kala was the youngest mate of a male called Tublat, meaning broken nose, and the child she had seen dashed to death was her first; for she was but nine or ten years old.
- (transitive) To throw violently.
- The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.
- If you dash a stone against a stone in the bottom of the water, it maketh a sound.
- (transitive, intransitive, sometimes figuratively) To sprinkle; to splatter.
- On each hand the gushing waters play, / And down the rough cascade white-dashing fall.
- The very source and fount of day / Is dash'd with wandering isles of night.
- (transitive, dated) To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
- to dash wine with water
- (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
- Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.
- (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
- Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.
- (transitive) To complete hastily, usually with down or off.
- He dashed down his eggs, she dashed off her homework
- (transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- "Scarborough," Mrs. Flanders wrote on the envelope, and dashed a bold line beneath; it was her native town; the hub of the universe.
- 2003, Robert Andrews, A Murder of Promise (page 198)
- Going out the door, he grabbed a windbreaker and dashed a note to his father and left it on the entry table.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
Derived terms
- dash off
- gas and dash
Translations
Interjection
dash
- (euphemistic) Damn!
Translations
See also
- hyphen
- minus sign
Anagrams
- ADHs, SAHD, Sadh, dahs, shad
Albanian
Etymology
Disputed. Potentially from Proto-Albanian *dauša, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eusóm (compare English deer, Lithuanian da?sos (“upper air; heaven”)). Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *dalša, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?-l- (compare Ossetian ?????? (dalis?, “young lamb”)).
Noun
dash m (indefinite plural desh, definite singular dashi, definite plural deshtë)
- ram (male sheep)
Derived terms
- Dash
- Dashnor
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English dash
Noun
dash m (definite singular dashen, indefinite plural dasher, definite plural dashene)
- a dash (small amount)
- short for dashbord.
References
- “dash” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English dash
Noun
dash m (definite singular dashen, indefinite plural dashar, definite plural dashane)
- a dash (small amount)
- short for dashbord.
References
- “dash” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Ojibwe
Alternative forms
- idash
- -sh
Adverb
dash
- and, and then, then
- but
Usage notes
dash comes in the second position in a clause, indicating that one thing happened after another. It can also have a contrastive meaning and then may be translated with but.
Derived terms
- aaniin dash (“why?”)
- mii dash (“and then”)
See also
- aanawi (“although, but”)
- apii (“then”)
- gaye (“as for, also”)
- miinawaa (“and again”)
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/dash-adv-conj
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