road trip

noun

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 intransitive verb

Examples of road trip in a Sentence

The team won three of five games on its road trip.
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It’s tied for the Heat’s longest road trip of the season. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025 The next part is some road trip trying to find this guy, and then the end is tragedy. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2025 This news comes two days after the Devils fell 3-0 to the Los Angeles Kings on their West Coast road trip. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 In 2015, Lloyd was arrested in South Carolina during a road trip from Florida to Canada. Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for road trip 

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of road trip was in 1953

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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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