day-trip

[ dey-trip ]

/ ˈdeɪˌtrɪp /

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verb (used without object), day-tripped, day-trip·ping,

to travel as a day-tripper.

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Origin of day-trip

Back formation from day-tripper

Words nearby day-trip

day-to-day, Dayton, Daytona Beach, day-trade, day trading, day-trip, day-tripper, Da Yunhe, daywear, daywork, daze

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How to use day-trip in a sentence

They arrived in Manchester in the early evening, delighted with their all-day trip.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886|Various
Kyoto may be reached by a short ride from Kobe, but from Tokio it is an all-day trip of twelve hours by express train.
The Critic in the Orient|George Hamlin Fitch
He determined on his return to make an all-day trip so that he might enjoy the scenery through which he now rode in the darkness.
Driven From Home|Horatio Alger
Anna's mother had promised to take the girls on an all-day trip to northern Zealand.
Little Greta of Denmark|Bernadine Bailey

On one occasion they left camp on an all-day trip, taking two of the bearers with them.
The Forest of Mystery|James H. Foster

British Dictionary definitions for day-trip

day trip

noun

a journey made to and from a place within one day

Derived forms of day trip

day-tripper, noun

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