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Trip

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.

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Broader term 22

Bloomer 76% connected

A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

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Blunder 76% connected

To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.

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Botch 76% connected

A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

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Bungle 76% connected

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Hallucination 76% connected

The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.

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Hinder 76% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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Impede 76% connected

To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Journey 76% connected

The travel or work of a day.

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Journeying 76% connected

of Journey

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Misadventure 76% connected

Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure.

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Mischance 76% connected

Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap.

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Mishap 76% connected

Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Pioneer 76% connected

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

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Step 76% connected

To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in successio…

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Manner of action 11

Commute 76% connected

To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an a…

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Founder 76% connected

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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Journey 76% connected

The travel or work of a day.

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Junket 76% connected

A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

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Peregrinate 76% connected

To travel from place to place, or from one country to another; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.

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Ply 76% connected

To bend.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Trigger 76% connected

A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

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Tweak 76% connected

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.

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Visit 76% connected

To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

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Narrower term 7

Errand 76% connected

A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commissio…

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Flight 76% connected

The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

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Junket 76% connected

A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Spill 76% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

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Tumble 76% connected

To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

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Derivationally related 8

Jaunt 74% connected

To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

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Jaunt 74% connected

To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

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Traveler 74% connected

One who travels; one who has traveled much.

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Traveler 74% connected

One who travels; one who has traveled much.

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Traveller 74% connected

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Traveller 74% connected

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Tripper 74% connected

One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer.

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Tripper 74% connected

One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer.

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Causes 8

Go 72% connected

Gone.

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Hap 72% connected

To clothe; to wrap.

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Happen 72% connected

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

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Move 72% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Occur 72% connected

To meet; to clash.

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Pass 72% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Stumble 72% connected

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

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Travel 72% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Entails 1

Walk 72% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Synonym 10

Activate 92% connected

To make active.

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Actuate 92% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

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Jaunt 92% connected

To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

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Misstep 92% connected

A wrong step; an error of conduct.

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Slip 92% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Spark 92% connected

A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.

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Stumble 92% connected

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

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Travel 92% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Trigger 92% connected

A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

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Tripper 92% connected

One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer.

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