road trip
road trip noun: a recreational or impromptu excursion in a car, usually at long distances from one's home. Also the alternative form of road-trip.
Noun
road trip (plural road trips)
- A recreational or impromptu excursion in a car, usually at long distances from one's home.
- On their road trip they found a gem of a classic diner.
- Crisscrossing the United States on an epic World Cup road trip, the pseudonymous soccer fan posted about the beauty of big-box chain stores and gas stations, projecting an infectious enthusiasm for American mass culture.2026 July 1, Will Oremus, “So Long to America’s Favorite Everymensch”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC
- A series of games played by a team away from its home field.
- On their road trip they racked up the best streak of wins they'd had in years.
Also used as
road trip is also the alternative form of road-trip.
Forms of road trip
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | road trips |
| alternative form | roadtrip |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | road trips |
| present participle | road tripping |
| past participle | road tripped |
| past | road tripped |
Words formed from road trip
Questions about road trip
- What does road trip mean?
- Road trip means a recreational or impromptu excursion in a car, usually at long distances from one's home.
- What part of speech is road trip?
- Road trip is a noun.
- What is the plural of road trip?
- The plural of road trip is road trips.
Words near road trip in the dictionary
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