Drip vs. Trip

To fall in drops

A going from one place to another; a journey.

To shed drops

A stumble or fall.

To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid

A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.

To let fall in or as if in drops

A mistake.

The process of forming and falling in drops.

A hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug

Liquid or moisture that falls in drops.

An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience

A slight intermittent flow or leak

A usually temporary but absorbing interest or preoccupation

See drip feed.

A certain way of life or situation

The sound made by liquid falling in drops

A light or nimble tread.

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

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

(Slang) A tiresome or annoying person.

The action of such a device.

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.

To stumble.

(intransitive) To leak slowly.

To move nimbly with light rapid steps; skip.

(transitive) To let fall in drops.

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

To have a superabundance of valuable things.

To make a trip.

To rain lightly.

To make a mistake

(intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.

(Slang) To have a drug-induced hallucination.

To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

To cause to stumble or fall.

A drop of a liquid.

To trap or catch in an error or inconsistency.

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

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

(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.

To raise (an anchor) from the bottom.

(colloquial) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.

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

(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.

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

Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.

A journey; an excursion or jaunt.

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

A stumble or misstep.

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

An error; a failure; a mistake.

To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.

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

To let fall in drops.

(by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.

A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.

A faux pas, a social error.

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.

(engineering) A mechanical cutout device.

Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid;

(electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.

The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop;

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

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

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

Fall in drops;

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

Let or cause to fall in drops;

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

A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.

(obsolete) A troop of men; a host.

A flock of wigeons.

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

To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.

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

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

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

(intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event

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

(intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.

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

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

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

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

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

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 step; 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.

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; also called trip up.

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

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.

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.

A journey for some purpose (usually including the return);

A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs;

An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall;

An exciting or stimulting experience

A catch mechanism that acts as a switch;

A light or nimble tread;

An unintentional but embarrassing blunder;

Miss a step and fall or nearly fall;

Cause to stumble;

Make a trip for pleasure

Put in motion or move to act;

Get high, stoned, or drugged;