(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a journey that you make to a particular place.
On the Thursday we went out on a day ~...
Mark was sent to the Far East on a business ~.
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see also round ~
2.
If you ~ when you are walking, you knock your foot against something and fall or nearly fall.
She ~ped and fell last night and broke her hip...
He tried to follow Jack’s footsteps in the snow and ~ped on a rock...
VERB: V, V on/over n
•
Trip up means the same as ~ .
I ~ped up and hurt my foot...
Make sure trailing flexes are kept out of the way so you don’t ~ up over them.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P on/over n
3.
If you ~ someone who is walking or running, you put your foot or something else in front of them, so that they knock their own foot against it and fall or nearly fall.
One guy stuck his foot out and tried to ~ me.
VERB: V n
•
Trip up means the same as ~ .
He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim’s legs to try to ~ him up...
PHRASAL VERB: V n P
4.
If you say that someone is, for example, on a power ~, a guilt ~, or a nostalgia ~, you mean that their behaviour is motivated by power, guilt, or nostalgia. (INFORMAL)
There’s such pressure to be happy in Hawaii, if you’re unhappy you’re on a guilt ~...
The biggest star perk, and the biggest power ~, must be the private plane.
N-COUNT: usu on n N disapproval
5.
A ~ is an experience that someone has when their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD. (INFORMAL)
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6.
If someone is ~ping, they are having an experience in which their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD. (INFORMAL)
One night I was ~ping on acid.
VERB: usu cont, V on n, also V
7.
If someone ~s somewhere, they walk there with light, quick steps. (LITERARY)
A girl in a red smock ~ped down the hill...
VERB: V prep/adv