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- [trip uhp]
- /trɪp ʌp/
- /trɪp ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [trip uhp]
- /trɪp ʌp/
Definitions of trip up words
- noun trip up a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris. 1
- noun trip up a journey, voyage, or run made by a boat, train, bus, or the like, between two points: It's a short trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia. 1
- noun trip up round trip (defs 1, 2). 1
- noun trip up a single journey or course of travel taken as part of one's duty, work, etc.: his daily trip to the bank. 1
- noun trip up a stumble; misstep. 1
- noun trip up a sudden impeding or catching of a person's foot so as to throw the person down, especially in wrestling. 1
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Origin of trip up
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; 1960-65 for def 12; Middle English trippen to step lightly < Old French trip(p)er < Middle Dutch; compare early Dutch trippen, Dutch trippelen (frequentative with -el), akin to Old English treppan to tread
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Parts of speech for Trip up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
trip up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
trip up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for trip up
verb trip up
- bobble — A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.
- boxed in — simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- cast about — to make a mental or visual search
- come apart at the seams — come unstitched
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
Antonyms for trip up
verb trip up
- idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
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