trip
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(noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" |
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Synonyms: misstep, stumble |
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Related Words: blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, misdoing |
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(noun) a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead" |
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Related Words: step |
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(noun) a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center" |
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Related Words: errand, flight, journey, journeying, round trip, run, service call, trek |
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(verb) get high, stoned, or drugged |
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Synonyms: get off, trip out, turn on |
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(verb) actuate; "trigger a reaction" |
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Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off |
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Related Words: initiate, pioneer |
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(verb) cause to stumble |
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Synonyms: trip up |
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(noun) a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip" |
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Related Words: hallucination |
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(verb) make a trip for pleasure |
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Synonyms: jaunt, travel |
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Related Words: commute, journey, junket, peregrinate, ply, run, travel, travel back and forth, travel to, visit |
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(verb) miss a step and fall or nearly fall: "She stumbled over the tree root." |
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Synonyms: stumble |
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Related Words: founder, move |
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(noun) a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water" |
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Synonyms: tripper |
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Related Words: catch, stop |
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(noun) an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" |
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Synonyms: slip |
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Related Words: fall, misadventure, mischance, mishap, spill, tumble |
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