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trip 1. a. any catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch b. (as modifier): trip button 2. a surge in the conditions of a chemical or other automatic process resulting in an instability 3. Informal a hallucinogenic drug experience trip [trip] (engineering) To release a lever or set free a mechanism. (mining engineering) The line of cars hauled by mules or by motor, or run on a slope, plane, or sprag road. An automatic arrangement for dumping cars. (ordnance) Part of the mechanism of some firearms, released by the action of the trigger. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After a brief rest at Hamburg, we made preparations for a long pedestrian trip southward in the soft spring weather, but at the last moment we changed the program, for private reasons, and took the express-train. An' while I'm wishin', I wisht the trip was over an' done with, an' you an' me a-sittin' by the fire in Fort McGurry just about now an' playing cribbage--that's what I wisht. The seed deal was arranged, and Martin made the trip six times back and forth, for the wagon could hold only fifty bushels. |
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