day-trip
verb (used without object)
to travel as a day-tripper.
day-trip
American
[dey-trip]
/ ˈdeɪˌtrɪp /
verb (used without object)
day-tripped,
day-tripping
day trip
British
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of day-trip
Back formation from day-tripper
Example Sentences
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This disproportionately affected day-trip and shopping-driven border crossings.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
Port Huron is a manufacturing town of less than 30,000 people with a quaint downtown and lots of retail, offering visitors an enticing opportunity for a day-trip.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
Yosemite National Park is vast, gorgeous and busy in summer, even when there’s a day-trip reservation requirement in place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2025
From July 1 to Aug. 15, the requirement applies to all day-trip visitors, whether on weekends or weekdays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
We’re pretending instead that we’re just killing a bit of time, maybe at a scenic spot during a carefree day-trip.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
A day trip is plenty of time to visit several—and, if you plan right, spoil yourself with exceptional food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
I caught the couple, of course, in the middle of a day trip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
"It's a beautiful place and just from visiting on a day trip, you might not necessarily know that there are all these underlying issues," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Here in La Guaira, which in happier times is a beach resort for people making a day trip from Caracas, the air now stinks of death.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
They were taking a day trip, Laila, Babi, and Tariq.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
We believe the car exaggerates — the high was nowhere near that on this day — but the freeway certainly seemed searing from inside our air-conditioned capsule as we valiantly day-tripped to the movies!
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
We branched out, day-tripping to Tacoma, Port Townsend and more.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
Long Gate Overlook is about two miles from downtown Ellicott City, a picturesque historic district that is a reliable draw for tourists and day-tripping area residents.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2022
Photograph: Susan Greenwood/Getty Images In early 1980, as an art student day-tripping to London, I planned to buy Andy Warhol's new book Exposures.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2013
The purpose was to beautify the shoreline, create a haven for day-tripping birds coming from the North and South Brother Islands nearby, and stop silt or contaminants from seeping into the East River.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2013
But your average day-tripping sportsman on Lake Michigan might not appreciate an airborne carp smacking them in the kisser.
From Time ● Feb. 9, 2010
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