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

Orlando opens a four-game West Coast road trip Thursday at Phoenix and will make stops at Golden State, Sacramento and Utah. — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

And KombiLife's Weekender package arrives just in time to become the ideal little camper van for all types of multi-day road trip, light cross-continent overlanding and holiday camping. — New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026

Up next, the Cowboys have a road trip to face the struggling Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. — Digital Producer, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

The series centered on Kerrigan as a comedian heading from New York to Los Angeles for a big career opportunity, only for a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend, played by Felix Levine, to face mishaps and detours. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 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