road trip

American  

[rohd trip] / ˈroʊd ˌtrɪp /

Or road-trip,

noun

• road trips
  plural

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.

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verb (used without object)

road tripped, road tripping

1. to take a long journey in an automobile, especially recreationally or spontaneously.

   We road tripped to California over summer break.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• road trips
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of road trip

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

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Example Sentences

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road trip

A California couple embarked on a cross-country road trip to gift resilient sequoia seedlings to family and friends across America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

This road trip continues a series exploring California’s overlooked scenic highways, inspired in part by artist Earl Thollander’s 1971“Back Roads of California,” whose sketches and travel notes celebrated a slower way of traveling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Even Cheetham, who lives in Maine and owns a hybrid vehicle—and who described the first half of his EV road trip as a “baptism by fire”—agrees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Briceland added they were looking forward to retirement and were about to leave for a three-week road trip together.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“It’s about a mom and daughter who go on a road trip together, but then all sorts of things go wrong.”

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

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