side trip meaning in english

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a brief excursion off the main route of an itinerary, as to visit a particular person or place.

Origin of side trip

Other words from side trip.

• side tripper, noun

Words Nearby side trip

• sidetracked
• side-valve engine
• sidewalk artist
• sidewalking
• sidewalk sale

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How to use side trip in a sentence

A side trip to a hot spring later refreshed his mind and body after long hours of driving.

Another side trip , just a short ride out of town, is the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, a 20-minute drive from Princeton.

When the feminists took the anti-Playboy, anti-sexuality route, I think it was sort of a side trip .

Ella Graham and her mother were buying pretty articles for their sea- side trip .

This side trip , had cost us much exertion and made us feel more thirsty than ever.

A short subsidiary road turns to the left to the foot of the fall, a brief side trip which should be taken by all visitors.

The canyon above abounds in glacial phenomena and will well repay a side trip for those interested in geology.

It was their intention to make the Springs the turning point of the trip, with a side trip by the cog railway to Pike's Peak.

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What does the noun side trip mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun side trip . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

How common is the noun side trip ?

Where does the noun side trip come from.

Earliest known use

The earliest known use of the noun side trip is in the 1850s.

OED's earliest evidence for side trip is from 1856, in Bentley's Miscellany .

side trip is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons: side n. 1 , trip n. 1

Nearby entries

• side tone, n. 1893–
• side tool, n. 1804–
• side to side, adv. & adj. ?c1450–
• side-trace, n. 1445–
• sidetrack, n. 1828–
• sidetrack, v. 1871–
• sidetracking, n. 1872–
• sidetracking, adj. 1898–
• side trawler, n. 1956–
• side tree, n. 1451–
• side trip, n. 1856–
• side turning, n. 1869–
• side valve, n. 1797–
• side-valved, adj. 1881–
• side vegetable, n. 1889–
• side view, n. 1686–
• side-view mirror, n. 1914–
• side-waisted, adj. 1599–1688
• sidewalk, n. 1598–
• sidewalk, v. 1861–
• sidewalk artist, n. 1872–

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Entry history for side trip, n..

Originally published as part of the entry for side, n.¹

side, n.¹ was revised in March 2016.

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