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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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of road trip1

First recorded in 1860–65; 1900–05 road trip fordef 2
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Example Sentences

The only road trip where you may happen to lose brain cells while watching.

This road trip movie is star-studded with Farrah Fawcett, Jackie Chan, Burt Reynolds, and Dom DeLuise.

Everyone knows a road trip is the classic way to see the grand ol' USA.

This summer, make 'Beantown' part of a classic road trip along New England's southern coast.

Mary believes him, and embarks on a wacky, stalker-ish road trip across the country trying to track him down.

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

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