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

ˈrōd-ˈtrip 

intransitive verb

Examples of road trip in a Sentence

The team won three of five games on its road trip.

Recent Examples on the Web

Starting a six-game road trip on Monday night in Toronto, the Mets were hoping to get something going in their favor just days after manager Carlos Mendoza was fired. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

Daemon descends to retrieve the Ironrod, but comes back up with a shocking gift, left for the returning Blacks by Aegon’s road trip buddy, Lord Larys. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026

However, either of those options would leave Houston one reliever short in a bullpen that just shouldered a seismic workload during this seven-game road trip. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Summer road trip season is here, and while packing the snacks and building the perfect playlist is easy, choosing where to go is another story. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for road trip

• airship
• airstrip
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• filmstrip
• flagship
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship
• lightship