(poker slang) Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).
noun
(by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
(colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
(electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.
(engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
(figurative, archaic) An error; a failure; a mistake.
(nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
(obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
(obsolete) A troop of men; a host.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
A faux pas, a social error.
A flock of wigeons.
A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
A stumble or misstep.
The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
verb
(intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event
(intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
(intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
(intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
(intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.
(intransitive, dated) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
(nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
(nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, most commonly used in the form tripping) To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
(transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
(transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
