Recce vs. Trip

Reccenoun

Reconnaissance.

Tripnoun

a journey; an excursion or jaunt

‘We made a trip to the beach.’;

Recceadjective

Relating to reconnaissance.

Tripnoun

a stumble or misstep

‘He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.’;

Recceverb

Reconnoitre.

Tripnoun

(figurative) an error; a failure; a mistake

Reccenoun

reconnaissance (by shortening)

Tripnoun

a period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations

‘He had a strange trip after taking LSD.’;

Reccenoun

another term for reconnaissance

Tripnoun

a faux pas, a social error

Recceverb

another term for reconnoitre

Tripnoun

intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition

‘ego trip;’; ‘power trip;’; ‘nostalgia trip;’; ‘guilt trip’;

Tripnoun

(engineering) a mechanical cutout device

Tripnoun

(electricity) a trip-switch or cut-out

‘It's dark because the trip operated.’;

Tripnoun

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

Tripnoun

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

Tripnoun

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

Tripnoun

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

Tripnoun

a herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.

Tripnoun

(obsolete) a troop of men; a host

Tripnoun

a flock of wigeons

Tripverb

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

‘Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.’;

Tripverb

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

‘A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.’;

Tripverb

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

Tripverb

to detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict

Tripverb

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

‘When we get into the factory, trip the lights.’;

Tripverb

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

‘The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.’;

Tripverb

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

‘After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.’;

Tripverb

(intransitive) to journey, to make a trip

‘Last summer we tripped to the coast.’;

Tripverb

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

Tripverb

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

Tripverb

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

Tripverb

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

Tripadjective

(poker slang) of or relating to trips

Tripverb

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.

‘This horse anon began to trip and dance.’; ‘Come, and trip it, as you go,On the light fantastic toe.’; ‘She bounded by, and tripped so lightThey had not time to take a steady sight.’;

Tripverb

To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.

Tripverb

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.

Tripverb

Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.

‘A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.’; ‘Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure.’; ‘What? dost thou verily trip upon a word?’;

Tripverb

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.

‘The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of his cause.’;

Tripverb

To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.

‘To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword.’;

Tripverb

To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict; also called trip up.

‘These her women can trip me if I err.’;

Tripverb

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

Tripverb

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.

Tripnoun

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

‘His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door.’;

Tripnoun

A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.

‘I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.’;

Tripnoun

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.’; ‘Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.’;

Tripnoun

A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

Tripnoun

A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.

‘And watches with a trip his foe to foil.’; ‘It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.’;

Tripnoun

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

Tripnoun

A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.

Tripnoun

A troop of men; a host.

Tripnoun

A flock of widgeons.

Tripnoun

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

‘he took a trip to the shopping center’;

Tripnoun

a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs;

‘an acid trip’;

Tripnoun

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall;

‘he blamed his slip on the ice’; ‘the jolt caused many slips and a few spills’;

Tripnoun

an exciting or stimulting experience

Tripnoun

a catch mechanism that acts as a switch;

‘the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water’;

Tripnoun

a light or nimble tread;

‘he heard the trip of women's feet overhead’;

Tripnoun

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder;

‘he recited the whole poem without a single trip’; ‘he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later’; ‘confusion caused his unfortunate misstep’;

Tripverb

miss a step and fall or nearly fall;

‘She stumbled over the tree root’;

Tripverb

cause to stumble;

‘The questions on the test tripped him up’;

Tripverb

make a trip for pleasure

Tripverb

put in motion or move to act;

‘trigger a reaction’; ‘actuate the circuits’;

Tripverb

get high, stoned, or drugged;

‘He trips every weekend’;