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Drip vs. Trip

Drip and Trip Definitions

Drip

To fall in drops
Water is dripping from that leaky faucet.

Trip

A going from one place to another; a journey.

Drip

To shed drops
An umbrella that is dripping all over the floor.

Trip

A stumble or fall.

Drip

To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid
A speech that dripped with sarcasm.

Trip

A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.
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Drip

To let fall in or as if in drops
A brush dripping paint.
A speech that dripped invective.

Trip

A mistake.

Drip

The process of forming and falling in drops.

Trip

A hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug
An acid trip.

Drip

Liquid or moisture that falls in drops.

Trip

An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience
A power trip.
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Drip

A slight intermittent flow or leak
Fixed the drip in the faucet.

Trip

A usually temporary but absorbing interest or preoccupation
He's on another health food trip.

Drip

See drip feed.

Trip

A certain way of life or situation
"deny that his reclusiveness is some sort of deliberate star trip" (Patricia Bosworth).

Drip

The sound made by liquid falling in drops
Listened to the steady drip of the rain.

Trip

A light or nimble tread.
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Drip

A projection on a cornice or sill from which rainwater can drip, protecting the wall below.

Trip

A device, such as a pawl, for triggering a mechanism.

Drip

(Slang) A tiresome or annoying person.

Trip

The action of such a device.

Drip

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.
Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!

Trip

To stumble.

Drip

(intransitive) To leak slowly.
Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?

Trip

To move nimbly with light rapid steps; skip.

Drip

(transitive) To let fall in drops.
After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.
My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.

Trip

To be released, as a tooth on an escapement wheel in a watch.

Drip

To have a superabundance of valuable things.
The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.
The duchess was dripping with jewels.

Trip

To make a trip.

Drip

To rain lightly.
The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.

Trip

To make a mistake
Tripped up on the last question.

Drip

(intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.

Trip

(Slang) To have a drug-induced hallucination.

Drip

To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

Trip

To cause to stumble or fall.

Drip

A drop of a liquid.
I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.

Trip

To trap or catch in an error or inconsistency.

Drip

A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.

Trip

To release (a catch, trigger, or switch), thereby setting something in operation.

Drip

(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip.

Trip

To raise (an anchor) from the bottom.

Drip

(colloquial) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!

Trip

To tip or turn (a yardarm) into a position for lowering.

Drip

(architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.

Trip

To lift (an upper mast) in order to remove the fid before lowering.

Drip

Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
His drip is looking fine, especially the Supreme t-shirt.

Trip

A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
We made a trip to the beach.

Drip

(finance) A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing.

Trip

A stumble or misstep.
He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.

Drip

To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

Trip

An error; a failure; a mistake.

Drip

To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.
The dark round of the dripping wheel.

Trip

(colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
He had a strange trip after taking LSD.

Drip

To let fall in drops.
Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain.

Trip

(by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
Ego trip
Power trip
Nostalgia trip
Guilt trip

Drip

A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.
The light drip of the suspended oar.

Trip

A faux pas, a social error.

Drip

That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water.

Trip

(engineering) A mechanical cutout device.

Drip

Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid;
There's a drip through the roof

Trip

(electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.
It's dark because the trip operated.

Drip

The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop;
The constant sound of dripping irritated him

Trip

A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
Trip the light fantastic

Drip

(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

Trip

(obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

Drip

Fall in drops;
Water is dripping from the faucet

Trip

The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.

Drip

Let or cause to fall in drops;
Dribble oil into the mixture

Trip

(nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

Trip

A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.

Trip

(obsolete) A troop of men; a host.

Trip

A flock of wigeons.

Trip

(intransitive) 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.

Trip

To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.

Trip

(intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc

Trip

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

Trip

(transitive) 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.

Trip

(intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event
The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.

Trip

(intransitive) 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.

Trip

(intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.
Last summer, we tripped to the coast.

Trip

To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.

Trip

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

Trip

(nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

Trip

To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.

Trip

(poker slang) Of or relating to trips three of a kind.

Trip

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.
This horse anon began to trip and dance.
Come, and trip it, as you go,On the light fantastic toe.
She bounded by, and tripped so lightThey had not time to take a steady sight.

Trip

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

Trip

To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false step; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.

Trip

Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.
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.
What? dost thou verily trip upon a word?

Trip

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.
The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of his cause.

Trip

To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword.

Trip

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict; also called trip up.
These her women can trip me if I err.

Trip

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

Trip

To release, let fall, or set free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent; to activate by moving a release mechanism, often unintentionally; as, to trip an alarm.

Trip

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.

Trip

A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.

Trip

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.
Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.

Trip

A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

Trip

A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
And watches with a trip his foe to foil.
It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.

Trip

A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

Trip

A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.

Trip

A troop of men; a host.

Trip

A flock of widgeons.

Trip

A journey for some purpose (usually including the return);
He took a trip to the shopping center

Trip

A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs;
An acid trip

Trip

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

An exciting or stimulting experience

Trip

A catch mechanism that acts as a switch;
The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water

Trip

A light or nimble tread;
He heard the trip of women's feet overhead

Trip

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

Trip

Miss a step and fall or nearly fall;
She stumbled over the tree root

Trip

Cause to stumble;
The questions on the test tripped him up

Trip

Make a trip for pleasure

Trip

Put in motion or move to act;
Trigger a reaction
Actuate the circuits

Trip

Get high, stoned, or drugged;
He trips every weekend

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