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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Valeri Nichushkin scored twice and Brock Nelson had the game-winner during a dominant second period and the Colorado Avalanche completed a perfect road trip with a 4-1 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025 In 2013, Kay was found in apparent distress in a press box during a road trip to Yankee Stadium. Sean Emery, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025 What Cannot Be Seen In Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive (2019), two adults and two children go on a road trip through the American South. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 Yet while the right songs make any great road trip, what if any road trip could actually help make the songs? Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 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 Oct. 2025.

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