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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The Warriors lost the first two games of the road trip with Stephen Curry on the bench with a pelvic contusion and have won two with him back in the lineup. Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025 The Wild have an off-day on Tuesday, then will continue the East Coast road trip with a Wednesday night meeting at Madison Square Garden versus the New York Rangers. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2025 The Suns are about to embark on a three-game road trip against the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, and New York Knicks. Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 The first road trip of the season was to Texas, Detroit, and Chicago. Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 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 14 Apr. 2025.

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