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

No Route 66 road trip is complete without a stop at the First Original McDonald’s Museum in San Bernardino, California, a veritable shrine to the golden arches. —Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026

In seeing their six-game winning streak halted just before hitting the friendly skies for a four-game road trip that tips off in Phoenix on Sunday, the Hornets (32-32) were victimized by Miami in the fourth quarter. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2026

The Lakers will play the Rockets twice to kick off a nearly-two-week road trip following the final four games of the homestand, continuing with the Knicks, who mopped the Nuggets 142-103 on Friday. —Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026

Part of the excitement of a Route 66 road trip is stopping for a bite to eat along the way. —Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 7 Mar. 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
• gunship
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship