road trip

or road-trip, road·trip

[ rohd-trip ]

noun
  1. a long journey, especially one that is recreational or spontaneous, taken in an automobile: She met many new friends on her solo road trip around North Wales.

  2. a journey taken by a sports team to play away games: The second game is the season's first road trip, and will be at San Antonio.

verb (used without object)road tripped, road trip·ping.
  1. to take a long journey in an automobile, especially recreationally or spontaneously: We road tripped to California over summer break.

Origin of road trip

1
First recorded in 1860–65; 1900–05 for def. 2

Words Nearby road trip

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How to use road trip in a sentence

  • Not so bad for a road trip, nine out of fifteen, said Larry Barrett, as he was talking it over with Joe.

    Baseball Joe on the Giants | Lester Chadwick