road trip

noun

Synonyms of road tripnext
1
: a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games
2
: an extended trip in a motor vehicle
road-trip
ˈrōd-ˈtrip How to pronounce road trip (audio)
intransitive verb

Examples of road trip in a Sentence

The team won three of five games on its road trip.
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Their journey together turns into a road trip blending comedy with more emotional beats. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 There’s another road trip episode that fails to escape the Philadelphia city limits, but succeeds in topping Dennis’ Jamiroquai hat in terms of bad taste. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026 He’s expected to join the Dodgers around the team’s end-of-August road trip to Atlanta and Detroit. — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 When Parini returns to rejoin Borges, the film has lost a little of its steam, perhaps since the road trip has already reached its destination. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for road trip

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of road trip was in 1953

Rhymes for road trip

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