2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt. I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. Pope.
3. 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. Milton.
Each seeming trip, and each digressive start. Harte.
4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. [Obs.] "A trip of cheese." Chaucer.
5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to
lose footing.
And watches with a trip his foe to foil. Dryden.
It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.
South.
6. (Naut.)
Defn: A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Scott.]
8. A troop of men; a host. [Obs.] Robert of Brunne.
9. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A flock of widgeons.