Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - trip
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v. & n. --v.intr. & tr. (tripped, tripping) 1 intr. a walk or dance with quick light steps. b (of a rhythm etc.) run lightly. 2 a intr. & tr. (often foll. by up) stumble or cause to stumble, esp. by catching or entangling the feet. b intr. & tr. (foll. by up) make or cause to make a slip or blunder. 3 tr. detect (a person) in a blunder. 4 intr. make an excursion to a place. 5 tr. release (part of a machine) suddenly by knocking aside a catch etc. 6 a release and raise (an anchor) from the bottom by means of a cable. b turn (a yard etc.) from a horizontal to a vertical position for lowering. 7 intr. colloq. have a hallucinatory experience caused by a drug. --n. 1 a journey or excursion, esp. for pleasure. 2 a a stumble or blunder. b the act of tripping or the state of being tripped up. 3 a nimble step. 4 colloq. a hallucinatory experience caused by a drug. 5 a contrivance for a tripping mechanism etc. Phrases and idioms trip-hammer a large tilt-hammer operated by tripping. trip-wire a wire stretched close to the ground, operating an alarm etc. when disturbed. Etymology: ME f. OF triper, tripper, f. MDu. trippen skip, hop TRIPARTITE adj. 1 consisting of three parts. 2 shared by or involving three parties. 3 Bot. (of a leaf) divided into three segments almost to the base. Derivatives tripartitely adv. tripartition n. Etymology: ME f. L tripartitus (as TRI-, partitus past part. of partiri divide)
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I. verb (~ped; ~ping) see: trap Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to dance, skip, or caper with light quick steps, to walk with light quick steps, to catch the foot against something so as to stumble, to make a mistake or false step (as in morality or accuracy), to stumble in articulation when speaking, to make a journey, 6. to actuate a mechanism, to become operative, 7. to get high on a psychedelic drug (as LSD) ; turn on, freak 3b, transitive verb 1. to cause to stumble, to cause to fail ; obstruct, to detect in a misstep, fault, or blunder, to perform (as a dance) lightly or nimbly, to raise (an anchor) from the bottom so as to hang free, 5. to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering, to hoist (a topmast) far enough to enable the fid to be withdrawn preparatory to housing or lowering, to release or operate (a mechanism) especially by releasing a catch or detent , II. noun Date: 14th century a stroke or catch by which a wrestler is made to lose footing, 2. voyage, journey, a single round or tour on a business errand, error, misstep, a quick light step, a faltering step caused by stumbling, 6. the action of ~ping mechanically, a device for ~ping a mechanism (as a catch or detent), 7. an intense visionary experience undergone by a person who has taken a psychedelic drug (as LSD), an exciting or unusual experience , absorption in or obsession with an interest, attitude, or state of mind , scene, lifestyle ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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