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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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flow
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: fl?
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fl??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /flo?/
- Homophones: floe, Flo
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English flowen, from Old English fl?wan (“to flow”), from Proto-West Germanic *fl?an, from Proto-Germanic *fl?an? (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?w-, lengthened o-grade form of *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Compare float.
Noun
flow (countable and uncountable, plural flows)
- A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts
- The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
- (mathematics) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
- The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
- The rising movement of the tide.
- Smoothness or continuity.
- The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
- A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
- (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
- The emission of blood during menstruation.
- (rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
- (computing) The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action. (Usually preceded by an attributive such as login or search.)
Synonyms
- (continuity): See also Thesaurus:continuity
Antonyms
- (movement of the tide): ebb
- (continuity): See also Thesaurus:discontinuity
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- ebb and flow
- flowchart
- flowmeter
- freeflow
- single-flow
Translations
Further reading
- flow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Flow (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
flow (third-person singular simple present flows, present participle flowing, simple past and past participle flowed)
- (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
- Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
- Tears flow from the eyes.
- (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
- Wealth flows from industry and economy.
- (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
- The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
- , Dedication
- Virgil […] is […] sweet and flowing in his hexameters.
- (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
- In that day […] the hills shall flow with milk.
- 1845, John Wilson, The Genius and Character of Robert Burns
- the exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl
- (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
- a flowing mantle; flowing locks
- March 11, 1788, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
- the imperial purple flowing in his train
- (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
- The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
- (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
- (transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
- (transitive) To cover with varnish.
- (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
Derived terms
- flowable, reflowable
- free-flowing
- overflow
- underflow
Translations
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse flói (“a large bay, firth”), see floe. Compare Scots flow (“peat-bog, marsh”), Icelandic flói (“marshy ground”).
Noun
flow (plural flows)
- (Scotland) A morass or marsh.
References
- “flow, n.2.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000
- “flow, v., n.1” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Anagrams
- Wolf, fowl, wolf
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?flow/, [?flow]
Noun
flow m (plural flows)
- flow
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