trip trip-up
stumble misstep | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder, he recited the whole poem without a single trip, he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later, confusion caused his unfortunate misstep |
| trip | a light or nimble tread, he heard the trip of women's feet overhead |
| trip | a journey for some purpose (usually including the return), he took a trip to the shopping center |
| round trip | a trip to some place and back again |
| scouting trip | an expedition undertaken to gain information |
excursion
jaunt
outing
junket
pleasure trip
expedition sashay | a journey taken for pleasure, many summer excursions to the shore, it was merely a pleasure trip, after cautious sashays into the field |
| field trip | a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination |
ocean trip
voyage | an act of traveling by water |
self-aggrandizement
self-aggrandisement
ego trip | an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance |
| power trip | (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people |
self-gratification
head trip | the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure |
luxury liner
express luxury liner | a liner equipped for sumptuous living |
| trip line | a light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance |
tripper
trip | a catch mechanism that acts as a switch, the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water |
| trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
| luxury | something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity |
lavishness
luxury sumptuosity
sumptuousness | the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive |
round-trip ticket
return ticket | a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) |
| trip head trip | an exciting or stimulating experience |
slip
trip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall, he blamed his slip on the ice, the jolt caused many slips and a few spills |
guilt
guilty conscience
guilt feelings
guilt trip | remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense |
| trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
| trip | a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs, an acid trip |
| lap of luxury | in conditions of wealth and comfort, he was raised in the lap of luxury |
luxury
luxuriousness
opulence
sumptuousness | wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living |
round-trip light time
RTLT | the elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point |
trip up
catch | detect a blunder or misstep, The reporter tripped up the senator |
stumble
slip up
trip up | make an error, She slipped up and revealed the name |
trip
trip out
turn on
get off | get high, stoned, or drugged, He trips every weekend |
trip
actuate
trigger
activate
set off
spark off
spark
trigger off
touch off | put in motion or move to act, trigger a reaction, actuate the circuits |
dance
trip the light fantastic
trip the light fantastic toe | move in a pattern, usually to musical accompaniment, do or perform a dance, My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio |
travel trip jaunt
| make a trip for pleasure |
stumble
trip | miss a step and fall or nearly fall, She stumbled over the tree root |
| trip trip up | cause to stumble, The questions on the test tripped him up |