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Trip Trɪp Short Place Back Make Noun Good

Word3 trip
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /trɪp/ /trɪp/
Example
  • did you have a good trip?
  • we went on a trip to the mountains.
  • a boat/coach/bus trip
  • a business/school/shopping trip
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trip

(noun)/trɪp/ /trɪp/
  1. a journey to a place and back again, especially a short one for pleasure or a particular purpose
    • SEE ALSO day trip
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/day-trip
    • Did you have a good trip?
    • We went on a trip to the mountains.
    • a boat/coach/bus trip
    • a business/school/shopping trip
    • a fishing/camping trip
    • They took a trip down the river.
    • We had to make several trips to bring all the equipment over.
    • Jack made a return trip (= another visit to the same place) later that year.
    • The return trip (= back to the place where you started) on the bike was much easier and quicker than the outbound trip.
    • He went with her on her overseas trips.
    • She's away on a short trip.
    • He is planning a trip to Vienna.
    • They organize short bike trips.
    • He has just returned from a three-day trip to Australia.

    Extra Examples

    • Enjoy your trip!
    • He makes frequent trips to Poland.
    • He's just back from a trip to Alaska.
    • I had to cut short my trip when my wallet was stolen.
    • My last trip abroad was two years ago.
    • Don't make a special trip just to get my newspaper.
    • In their last two away trips, Everton were defeated by Spurs.
    • The first prize is a free trip to New York.
    • The food alone made the trip worthwhile.
    • The rest of our trip was uneventful.
    • The trip home took us five hours!
    • They are hoping to complete the trip in four days.
    • They saved for years for their trip of a lifetime to Hawaii.
    • Well, have a safe trip back!
    • a five-minute trip by taxi
    • her dream trip to New Zealand
    • Because of bad weather conditions, the trip was cancelled.
    • Tomorrow there will be a boat trip to the island.
    • We used to go on school trips to France when we were kids.
  2. the experience that somebody has if they take a powerful drug that affects the mind and makes them imagine things
    • an acid (= LSD) trip
  3. an act of falling or nearly falling down, because you hit your foot against something
  4. things you say to somebody in order to make them feel guilty about something
    • Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.
    • She was trying to lay a guilt trip on me.
  5. time that you spend thinking about and remembering the past or going to a place again in order to remind yourself of past experiences
    • Visiting my old school was a real trip down memory lane.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French triper, from Middle Dutch trippen ‘to skip, hop’.
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