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Trip
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
(2):
(n. i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
(3):
(n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
(4):
(n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
(5):
(v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; - often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
(6):
(v. t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
(7):
(v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
(8):
(v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
(9):
(v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
(10):
(v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
(11):
(n.) A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
(12):
(n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
(13):
(n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
(14):
(n.) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
(15):
(n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
(16):
(n. i.) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; - sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
(17):
(n.) A flock of widgeons.
(18):
(n.) A troop of men; a host.
(19):
(n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Trip'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/trip.html. 1828.
