trip etymology

travel (v.)

late 14c., trauel ; mid-15c., travell , "make a journey, go from place to place," from travailen (1300) "make a journey," originally "to struggle, toil, labor" (see travail (v.)). It is a variant form of travail , used in a specific sense, which has flourished while the old word faded.

The semantic development may have been via the notion of "go on a difficult journey," but it also may reflect the difficulty of any journey in the Middle Ages. The Old English verb faran (see fare (v.)).

The general sense of "move, go, or pass from one place or position to another" is by 1660s, also in mechanical use. Related: Traveled ; traveling .

To travel light "travel with little luggage" is by 1921, also figurative. Traveling library is attested by 1910. Traveling salesman is attested by 1885, from the verb in the specific commercial sense of "go from place to place to solicit orders for goods" (by 1830), inspiration for farmer's daughter jokes and a knotty math problem. Earlier travailing-man was "workman, laborer" (late 14c.) also "wayfarer."

travel (n.)

c. 1400, trauel , "the action of traveling" (also "labor, toil, suffering," senses now obsolete); from travel (v.). Earlier Middle English used travail for "a journey, a trip."

As "the passage or concourse of travelers, persons traveling" is by 1830 (passing into "business of hosting and accommodating travelers"). Travels "accounts of journeys" is recorded from 1590s. Travel-agent is attested by 1925.

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Old English faran "to journey, set forth, go, travel, wander, make one's way," also "be, happen, exist; be in a particular condition," from Proto-Germanic *faranan "to go" (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic faran , Old Norse and Old Frisian fara , Dutch varen , German fahren ), from PIE *por- "going, passage," from root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over." Related: Fared ; faring .

late 13c., travailen , "take pains, suffer pains," from Old French travailler "to toil, labor," originally "to trouble, torture, torment," from Vulgar Latin *tripaliare "to torture," from *tripalium (in Late Latin trepalium ) "instrument of torture," which is said to be probably from Latin tripalis "having three stakes" (from tria "three;" see three + palus "stake" (from suffixed form of PIE root *pag- "to fasten"), darkly suggestive, but the exact notion is obscure.

In English by mid-14c. specifically as "suffer the pangs of childbirth, be in labor;" in Middle English also "labor in the service of God; work for wages." Related: Travailed ; travailing .

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Definition of trip

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intransitive verb

transitive verb

Definition of trip  (Entry 2 of 2)

• peregrination

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Word History

Middle English trippen , from Anglo-French treper, triper , of Germanic origin; akin to Old English treppan to tread — more at trap

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3a

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5

Phrases Containing trip

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trip noun ( TRAVEL )

• You should always check your oil , water and tyres before taking your car on a long trip.
• How about a trip to the zoo this afternoon ?
• She's going on a trip to New York, all expenses paid .
• The travel company has written giving information about the trip.
• He's always going off around the world on business trips, leaving his wife to cope with the babies by herself.
• break-journey
• circumnavigation

trip noun ( FALL )

• collapse under someone's/something's weight
• collapse/fall in a heap idiom
• drop like flies idiom
• knock someone over
• let go idiom
• overbalance
• parachutist
• trip (someone) up

trip noun ( EXPERIENCE )

• abstinence-only
• altered state of consciousness
• magic mushroom
• solvent abuse

trip verb ( LOSE BALANCE )

• fall She slipped and fell.
• drop Several apples dropped from the tree.
• collapse Several buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
• crumple He fainted and crumpled into a heap on the floor.
• tumble A huge rock tumbled down the mountain.
• plunge Four of the mountaineers plunged to their deaths when their ropes broke.
• The bowler tripped as he was delivering the ball .
• She tripped and fell over.
• I tripped as I got off the bus .
• She tripped over the rug .
• I tripped on a piece of wire that someone had stretched across the path .

trip verb ( MOVE )

• bowl down/along something
• make a dash for something
• make good time idiom
• make haste idiom

trip verb ( SWITCH )

• anti-static
• capacitance
• electricity
• high-voltage
• non-electric
• non-electrical
• non-electronic
• solid-state
• transistorized

trip verb ( EXPERIENCE )

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Definition of trip noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

• have/take a vacation/a break/a day off/a year off/time off
• go on/be on vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/sabbatical/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage
• go backpacking/camping/sightseeing
• plan a trip/a vacation/your itinerary
• reserve a hotel room/a flight/tickets
• have/make/cancel a reservation
• rent a condo/a vacation home/a cabin
• rent a car/bicycle/moped/scooter/Jet Ski
• stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/a trailer/a vacation home/a resort/a timeshare
• cost/charge $100 a/per night for a suite/a single/double/twin room
• check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room
• pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
• call/order room service
• cancel/cut short a trip/vacation
• apply for/get/renew a/your passport
• take out/buy/get travel insurance
• catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
• fly (in)/travel (in) first/business/economy class
• make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour layover/stopover in Hong Kong
• experience/cause/lead to delays
• check (in)/collect/get/lose your baggage/luggage
• be charged for/pay excess baggage fees
• board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
• taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway
• experience/hit/encounter (mild/severe) turbulence
• suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/motion sickness
• be seasick/carsick
• attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
• encourage/promote/hurt tourism
• promote/develop ecotourism
• build/develop/visit a tourist/tropical/beach/ski resort
• work for/be operated by a major hotel chain
• be served by/compete with low-fare/low-cost/budget airlines
• use/go to/have a travel agent
• contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator
• buy/be on/go on a package deal/vacation/tour
• buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs

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• 3 an act of falling or nearly falling down, because you hit your foot against something
• trip an act of traveling from one place to another, and usually back again: a business trip a five-minute trip by taxi
• journey an act of traveling from one place to another, especially when they are far apart: a long and difficult journey across the mountains
• A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey , although it does not have to be: a trip to New York a round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the traveling takes a long time and is difficult.
• tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited: a tour of California
• commute the regular trip that a person makes when they travel to work and back home again: a two-hour commute into downtown Washington
• expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known: the first expedition to the South Pole
• excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people: We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
• outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day: My project team organized an afternoon outing to celebrate.
• an overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
• a bus/train trip/journey/tour
• to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing
• to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
• to take a(n) trip/journey/expedition/excursion

Other results

• a guilt trip
• a trip/walk down memory lane
• roll/slip/trip off the tongue

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• 1.1 Alternative forms
• 1.2 Pronunciation
• 1.3.1.1 Conjugation
• 1.3.1.2 Synonyms
• 1.3.1.3 Derived terms
• 1.3.1.4 Translations
• 1.4.1.1 Usage notes
• 1.4.1.2 Synonyms
• 1.4.1.3 Derived terms
• 1.4.1.4 Translations
• 1.4.1.5 Further reading
• 1.5 References
• 1.6 Anagrams
• 2.1 Etymology
• 2.2 Adjective
• 2.3 References
• 3.1 Etymology
• 3.2 Adjective
• 3.3 References

Alternative forms

• travail ( obsolete )
• travell ( obsolete )

Pronunciation

• IPA ( key ) : /ˈtɹævəl/
• Rhymes: -ævəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English travelen ( “ to make a laborious journey, travel ” ) from Middle Scots travailen ( “ to toil, work, travel ” ) , alteration of Middle English travaillen ( “ to toil, work ” ) , from Old French travailler ( “ to trouble, suffer, be worn out ” ) . See the doublet travail .

Largely displaced fare , from Old English faran ( “ to go [a long distance], to travel ” ) . More at fare .

travel ( third-person singular simple present travels , present participle travelling or ( US ) traveling , simple past and past participle travelled or ( US ) traveled )

• 1661 , John Stephens, An Historical Discourse... , Prol.: He that feareth oblatration must not travel .
• 1930 , Marmaduke Pickthall , transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran , surah 28, verse 29: Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his housefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk: Bide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves.
• ( intransitive ) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit . Soundwaves can travel through water. The supposedly secret news of Mary's engagement travelled quickly through her group of friends.
• ( intransitive , basketball ) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
• ( transitive ) To travel throughout (a place). I’ve travelled the world.
• 1596 (date written; published 1633 ), Edmund Spenser , A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande   [ … ] , Dublin: [ … ] Societie of Stationers,   [ … ] , →OCLC ; republished as A View of the State of Ireland   [ … ] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: [ … ] Society of Stationers, [ … ] Hibernia Press, [ … ] [ b ] y John Morrison, 1809 , →OCLC : They shall not be travailed forth of their own franchises.
• 1707 , Richard Baxter, The Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Pious Mr. Richard Baxter , page 646 : Necessity will make men fare hard, and work hard, and travel hard, go bare, and suffer much; yea it will even cut off a leg or arm to save their lives;
• 1719 , William Tilly, The Acceptable Sacrifice , page 335 : We labour sore, and travel hard, and much Study is a Weariness to our Flesh; and of making many Books there is no End.
• 1794 , “Resignation”, in A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain.Volume 10 , page 144 : Man holds in constant service bound The blustering winds and seas; Nor suns disdain to travel hard Their master, man, to please;

Conjugation

† Archaic or obsolete . * US.

• fare , journey , reyse

Derived terms

• fellow-travel
• road less traveled
• travellable , travelable
• travelled , traveled ( adjective )
• traveller , traveler
• travel light

Translations

Etymology 2.

From Middle English travail , travell , from Old French travail , travaille , travaillie , traval , travalle , traveaul , traveil , traveille , travel . Doublet of travail .

travel ( countable and uncountable , plural travels )

• The act of traveling; passage from place to place. space travel travel to Spain
• 2023 November 29, 'Mystery Shopper', “Does the railway deliver for passengers?”, in RAIL , number 997 , page 53 : But overall, I think the railway delivered very well on my travels . I'd give it 9/10 - there are just a few little rough edges that need smoothing off.
• 1903 , Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell, Hobson-Jobson : CALUAT, s. This in some old travels is used for Ar. khilwat, 'privacy, a private interview' (C. P. Brown, MS.).
• The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
• The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke. There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment. My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
• 1667 , John Tanner, The hidden treasures of the art of physick , page 208 : Hard Labour is when more vehement Pains and dangerous Symptomes happen to Women in Travel , and continue a longer time.
• Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed. The keys have great travel .

Further reading

• “ travel ”, in The Century Dictionary   [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
• “ travel ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
• retval , varlet

Norwegian Bokmål

Possibly from French travail ; compare with Danish travl .

travel ( neuter singular travelt , definite singular and plural travle , comparative travlere , indefinite superlative travlest , definite superlative travleste )

• “travel” in The Bokmål Dictionary .

Norwegian Nynorsk

travel ( neuter singular travelt , definite singular and plural travle , comparative travlare , indefinite superlative travlast , definite superlative travlaste )

• “travel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .

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What does TRIP mean?

Definitions for trip trɪp trip, this dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word trip ., princeton's wordnet rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes.

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

"he took a trip to the shopping center"

a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs

"an acid trip"

slip, trip 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"

trip, head trip noun

an exciting or stimulating experience

tripper, trip noun

a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

"the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

a light or nimble tread

"he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"

trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep verb

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

"he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

stumble, trip verb

miss a step and fall or nearly fall

"She stumbled over the tree root"

trip, trip up verb

cause to stumble

"The questions on the test tripped him up"

travel, trip, jaunt verb

make a trip for pleasure

trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off verb

put in motion or move to act

"trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

trip, trip out, turn on, get off verb

get high, stoned, or drugged

"He trips every weekend"

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We made a trip to the beach.

A stumble or misstep.

He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

A faux pas, a social error.

Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.

ego trip; power trip; nostalgia trip; guilt trip

A mechanical or electrical cutout device

It's dark cause the 'trip' operated.

To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.

Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.

To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.

A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.

When we get into the factory, trip the lights.

To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.

After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.

To journey, to make a trip.

Last somewhere we tripped to the coast.

trip adjective

Of or relating to trips.

Etymology: From tripper (noun is from the verb), from a source: compare trippen, trippen (trippe), Frisian tripje.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes

Etymology: from the verb.

O thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be, When time hath sow’d a grizzel on thy case? Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow, That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow? William Shakespeare.

He stript for wrestling, smears his limbs with oil, And watches with a trip his foe to foil. John Dryden , Georg.

It was a noble time when trips and Cornish hugs could make a man immortal. Joseph Addison , on ancient Medals.

He saw his way, but in so swift a pace, To chuse the ground might be to lose the race: They then, who of each trip th’ advantage take, Find but those faults which they want wit to make. Dryd.

I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. Alexander Pope.

To Trip verb

Etymology: treper, Fr. trippen, Dutch.

He conjunct Tripp’d me behind. William Shakespeare.

Be you contented, To have a son set your decrees at naught, To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword That guards the peace and safety of your person. William Shakespeare.

I tript up thy heels and beat thee. William Shakespeare.

The words of Hobbes’s defence trip up the heels of his cause; I had once resolved. To resolve presupposeth deliberation, but what deliberation can there be of that which is inevitably determined by causes without ourselves. John Bramhall.

These women Can trip me, if I err; who, with wet cheeks, Were present when she finish’d. William Shakespeare , Cymbeline.

Virgil is so exact in every word, that none can be changed but for a worse: he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure. Dryden.

Saint Jerome, who pardons not over-easily his adversaries, if any where they chance to trip, presseth him as thereby making all sorts of men God’s enemies. Richard Hooker , b. v.

Many having used their utmost diligence to secure a retention of the things committed to the memory, cannot certainly know where it will trip and fail them. South.

Will shines in mixed company, making his real ignorance appear a seeming one: our club has caught him tripping, at which times they never spare him. Joseph Addison , Spect. №. 105.

Several writers of uncommon erudition would expose my ignorance, if they caught me tripping in a matter of so great moment. Joseph Addison , Spect. №. 228.

I may have the idea of a man’s drinking till his tongue trips, yet not know that it is called drunkenness. John Locke.

In silence sad, Trip we after the night’s shade. William Shakespeare.

The old saying is, the third pays for all; the triplex, sir, is a good tripping measure. William Shakespeare , Twelfth Night.

He throws his arm, and with a long-drawn dash Blends all together; then distinctly trips From this to that; then quick returning skips And snatches this again, and pauses there. Richard Crashaw.

On old Lycæus or Cyllene hoar, Trip no more in twilight ranks, Though Erymanth your loss deplore, A better soil shall give you thanks. John Milton , Arcades.

She bounded by, and tripp’d so light, They had not time to take a steady sight. Dryden.

To the garden walk she took her way, To sport and trip along in cool of day. Dryden.

Stay, nymph, he cry’d, I follow not a foe; Thus from the lion trips the trembling doe. Dryden.

Well thou dost to hide from common sight Thy close intrigues, too bad to bear the light: Nor doubt I, but the silver-footed dame Tripping from sea on such an errand came. Dryden.

He’ll make a pretty figure in a triumph, And serve to trip before the victor’s chariot. Addison.

The lower plaits of the drapery in antique figures in sculpture and painting, seem to have gathered the wind when the person is in a posture of tripping forward. Addison.

In Britain’s isles, as Heylin notes, The ladies trip in petticoats. Matthew Prior.

They gave me instructions how to slide down and trip up the steepest slopes. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes

Trip is a song by English singer Ella Mai from her eponymous debut studio album. The song peaked at number 47 in the UK and number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song was written by Mai, Varren Wade, Quinton, and Dijon MacFarlane. The single became her first number one on Billboard's Rhythmic chart in its 22 December 2018 issue.

ChatGPT Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes

A trip is a journey or voyage, taken for a specific purpose such as business, leisure, exploration or tourism, that involves going from one place to another and typically includes a return to the place of departure. The duration of a trip can vary greatly, from a few hours to several weeks or even months.

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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

to make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe

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

fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail

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

fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail

to detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict

to raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free

to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it

to release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent

a quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip

a brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt

a false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake

a small piece; a morsel; a bit

a stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing

a single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward

a herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc

a troop of men; a host

a flock of widgeons

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Trip, the second album from the Filipino rock band, Rivermaya. It has 13 tracks and released under Sony BMG Music Philippines, Inc. in 1996. It is the first album that introduced Rico Blanco as the band's full time guitarist after the departure of Perf De Castro a year earlier.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes

trip, v.i. to move with short, light steps: to stumble and fall: to err, to go wrong, to make a slip in chastity: to fail.— v.t. to cause to stumble by striking one's feet from under him (with up ): to overthrow by taking away support: to catch: to catch in a fault: to loosen, as an anchor, from the bottom, by a long rope: to turn, as a yard, from a horizontal to a vertical position: to fold in the middle, as a deep stage-drop: to strike against:— pr.p. trip′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. tripped.— n. a light, short step: a catch by which an antagonist is thrown: one of the points in coursing, when the hare is thrown off its legs: a false step: a mistake: a short voyage or journey, a jaunt.— ns. Trip′-book , a book in which the records and accounts of the trip of a fishing-boat are made up and kept: Trip′-hamm′er , a large hammer used in forges, a tilt-hammer; Trip′per , a cheap excursionist, a tourist doing a certain round: one who stumbles or who makes another stumble; Trip′-slip ( U.S. ), a strip of paper on which a car-conductor must punch a hole when a fare is taken. [M. E. trippen ; cog. with Dut. trippen , trappen , to tread upon, trippelen , to trip, Sw. trippa , to trip.]

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An outward-bound passage or short voyage, particularly in the coasting trade. It also denotes a single board in plying to windward. Also, the movement by which an anchor is loosened from its bed and raised clear of the bottom, either by its cable or buoy-rope.--The anchor's a-trip, i.e. no longer holds.

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Trip is ranked #96368 in terms of the most common surnames in America. The Trip surname appeared 189 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Trip . 80.9% or 153 total occurrences were White . 10.5% or 20 total occurrences were Black . 4.2% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races .

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Spoken Corpus Frequency

Rank popularity for the word 'TRIP' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2306

Written Corpus Frequency

Rank popularity for the word 'TRIP' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2499

Nouns Frequency

Rank popularity for the word 'TRIP' in Nouns Frequency: #829

How to pronounce TRIP?

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Chaldean Numerology

The numerical value of TRIP in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

Pythagorean Numerology

The numerical value of TRIP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of TRIP in a Sentence

National Grid :

As generation would not be expected to trip off or de-load in response to a lightning strike, this appears to represent an extremely rare and unexpected event, this unexpected loss of generation meant that the frequency fell very quickly and went outside the normal range of 50.5Hz – 49.5Hz.

Shana Alexander :

A plane is a bad place for an all-out sleep, but a good place to begin rest and recovery from the trip to the faraway places you've been, a decompression chamber between Here and There. Though a plane is not the ideal place really to think, to reassess or reevaluate things, it is a great place to have the illusion of doing so, and often the illusion will suffice.

Alex Cora :

We pitched well the whole road trip , the bullpen was amazing. (Richards) was pounding the strike zone, changing speeds, using both sides of the plate. We loved what we saw.

Sebastien Mefort :

It was a great trip , i was here the whole month and attended all France's games.

Wyatt Moss :

I figured I might as well take the time right now just to take a year off and to pursue some ideas that I’ve had for quite a while, the road trip was one of those ideas that I just went all in on.

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• ^  Surnames Frequency by Census Records https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html

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What does the noun guilt trip mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun guilt trip . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

How common is the noun guilt trip ?

How is the noun guilt trip pronounced, british english, u.s. english, where does the noun guilt trip come from.

Earliest known use

The earliest known use of the noun guilt trip is in the 1970s.

OED's earliest evidence for guilt trip is from 1972, in the writing of J. Rossner.

guilt trip is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons: guilt n. , trip n. 1

Nearby entries

• guilter, n. a1300–82
• guiltful, adj. 1655–1791
• guiltfully, adv. c1480
• guiltily, adv. 1597–
• guiltiness, n. c1480–
• guilting, adj. Old English–1382
• guiltist, n. 1693
• guiltless, adj. c1175–
• guiltlessly, adv. 1548–
• guiltlessness, n. 1571–
• guilt trip, n. 1972–
• guilt-trip, v. 1977–
• guiltwite, n. Old English–1706
• guilty, adj. Old English–
• guilty knowledge, n. 1800–
• guiltyship, n. 1557
• guily, adj. c1430–1530
• guimauve, n. 1812–
• guimbard, n. 1830–
• guimpe, n. 1688–
• guindall, n. 1628

Meaning & use

I want to make it clear that nobody's sending me on any guilt trip over my money.

You start laying guilt trips on me and I don't need it, okay?

Mum, don't lay a guilt trip on us.

Ever the master of the guilt-trip , he finally said, ‘And this is how you kids repay me?’

Everyone in my family has a tendency toward manipulative behavior, but it's going beyond that. I can't begin to describe the guilt trip each one separately is laying on me!

• guilt 1567– An unpleasant feeling of having committed wrong or failed in an obligation; a guilty feeling.
• guilt trip 1972– An episode of severe, often excessive or unjustified self-reproach, esp. one deliberately provoked by another person; a state of mind in which a…
• self-condemnation 1591– The action of blaming oneself for something.
• self-accusing 1602– The action or an act of accusing oneself.
• self-reproving 1608– The action or an act of reproving oneself; (a) self-reproof.
• self-accusation 1616– The action of accusing oneself; an accusation made against oneself.
• self-reproof a1631– Reproof or censure of oneself; (severe) self-reproach. Also (and in earliest use): an instance of this; a reproving thought or utterance about…
• self-reflection 1656–1844 A critical or reproachful thought about oneself. Cf. reflection , n. II.9. Obsolete .
• self-reproach 1683– The action or fact of reproaching or blaming oneself; reproach directed towards oneself. Also (and in earliest use): an instance of this; a…
• self-reproachment 1802– The action or fact of reproaching or blaming oneself; self-reproach.
• self-reproval 1823– Reproval or censure of oneself; an instance of this; = self-reproof , n.
• self-reproachingness 1850–

Pronunciation

• ð th ee
• ɬ rhingy ll

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence <petal> /ˈpɛtl/ but <petally> /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

• a trap, bath
• ɑː start, palm, bath
• ɔː thought, force
• ᵻ (/ɪ/-/ə/)
• ᵿ (/ʊ/-/ə/)

Other symbols

• The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
• The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
• Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here .

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in <bitter>

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence <petal> /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but <petally> /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

• i fleece, happ y
• æ trap, bath
• ɑ lot, palm, cloth, thought
• ɔ cloth, thought
• ɔr north, force
• ə strut, comm a
• ər nurse, lett er
• ɛ(ə)r square
• æ̃ sal on

Simple Text Respell

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

• arr carry (British only)
• a(ng) gratin
• o lot (British only)
• orr sorry (British only)
• o(ng) salon

guilt trip typically occurs about 0.07 times per million words in modern written English.

guilt trip is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency of guilt trip, n. , 1970–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole , n.¹, mole , n.², mole , n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Compounds & derived words

• guilt-trip , v. 1977– transitive. To instil or attempt to instil feelings of guilt or remorse in (a person), often in order to induce him or her into a particular course…

Entry history for guilt trip, n.

guilt trip, n. was first published in September 2001.

guilt trip, n. was last modified in July 2023.

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