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 tripping.

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

   We road tripped to California over summer break.

Word History and Origins

Origin of road trip¹

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

Example Sentences

And the initial expectation was that he would be available for the start of the team’s Philadelphia-Washington D.C. road trip Friday.

From Los Angeles Times

The actor, 42, has just wrapped up a different kind of odyssey — he also stars in a new Latino road trip comedy on Disney+, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the time, the Dodgers were on a road trip to Philadelphia and Detroit.

From Los Angeles Times

He has since been on road trips to the Highlands and London and hopes to visit Wales before driving back to his hometown.

From BBC

But since she’s writing her senior thesis on Buddhism, or so she says, the Ratliffs decide to make “a road trip” of it, as Timothy tells hotel staff that neither asked nor cares.

From Salon

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