Trip, n. 1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. Sir W. Scott.
2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. Pope.
3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
Imperfect words, with childish trips. Milton.
Each seeming trip, and each digressive start. Harte.
4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. “A trip of cheese.” Chaucer.
5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Dryden.
It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South.
6. (Naut.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
8. A troop of men; a host. Robert of Brunne.
9. (Zoöl.) A flock of widgeons.