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

The story blends supernatural horror with a twist reminiscent of The Twilight Zone, following a church organist (Candace Hilligoss) whose cross-country road trip after a fateful car accident is beset with ghostly horror. —Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025

From the other end of the ice, goalie Scott Wedgewood is hopeful the performance gives the unit momentum heading into this weekend’s road trip at Vegas and San Jose. —Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025

But Charlotte will make the road trip with star winger Wilfried Zaha (who got a red card in the final seconds of the previous game and missed this one, watching it from a stadium suite). —Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025

These would be perfect for the movies (as a Raisinette alt) or road trip, because your fingers stay clean. —Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025

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