trip

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. journey, excursion, voyage; slip, error;slang, drug high. —v. skip; stumble; offend, err; obstruct, halt. See leap, imagination, drugs.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A journey]

Syn. voyage, excursion, tour; see journey .

2. [*A psychedelic experience]

Syn. hallucinations, LSD trip, drug trip, pipe dream, being turned on; see also drug 2 , indulgence 3 .

Syn.- trip most frequently implies a relatively short course of travel, although it is also commonly used as an equivalent for journey [ a vacation trip , a trip around the world ] ; journey , a somewhat more formal word, generally implies travel of some length, usually over land [ the journey was filled with hardships ] ; voyage , in current use, implies a relatively long journey by water or sometimes by air or through space [ a voyage across the Atlantic, a voyage to the moon ] ; jaunt is applied to a short, casual trip taken for pleasure or recreation [ a jaunt to the city ] ; expedition is applied to a journey, march, etc. taken by an organized group for some definite purpose [ a military expedition , a zoological expedition to Africa ] v.

1. [To stumble]

Syn. tumble, slip, lurch, slide, founder, fall, pitch, fall over, slip upon, plunge, sprawl, topple, go head over heels*.

Ant. arise*, ascend, get up.

2. [To cause to stumble]

Syn. block, hinder, bind, tackle, overthrow, push, send headlong, kick, shove, mislead.

Ant. help*, pick up, give a helping hand.

3. [To step lightly]

Syn. skip, play, frolic; see dance 1 , 2 , jump 1 , 3 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n 1. journey voyage, cruise, excursion, trek, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, hike, flight, run, drive, errand. 2. stumble misstep, fall, tumble, slip, loss of footing, *header, pratfall, flop, mistake, blunder, faux pas. 3. Sl. mind trip *rush, hallucination, euphoria, *psychedelic experience, altered state, consciousness raising, *head trip, *high, *buzz.

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v.

1. stumble misstep, lose one's footing, fall, tumble, slip, *take a header, lose one's balance, go headlong, *fall flat on one's face.

2. make a mistake blunder, *screw up, slip, err, *blow it, *muff, *flub, commit a faux pas.

3. Sl. get high from drugs *catch a buzz, *have a psychedelic experience, *fly, experience an altered state, hallucinate.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A usually short journey taken for pleasure: excursion, jaunt, junket, outing. See MOVE. 2. An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true: erratum, error, inaccuracy, incorrectness, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, slip-up. See CORRECT. 3. Slang. An illusion of perceiving something that does not really exist: hallucination, phantasmagoria, phantasmagory. See REAL. 4. Slang. A temporary concentration of interest: Slang: kick. See EXCITE. II verb 1. To catch the foot against something and lose one's balance: stumble. Idioms: lose one's footing, make a false step. See MOVE. 2. To bound lightly: hop, skip, skitter, spring. See MOVE. 3. To make or go on a journey: journey, pass, peregrinate, travel, trek. Idiom: hit the road. See MOVE. 4. To release or move (a switch, for example) in order to control a device: throw. See MOVE.