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

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family's road trip reality TV show will launch after summer is half over. — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Patel, of Pasadena, was on a family road trip in the Bay Area at the time of the crash. — ABC News, 7 July 2026

The Red Sox will finish the first half with two more winnable series, first facing the White Sox (47-42) at Rate Field before wrapping up their road trip with three games against the Mets (37-53 entering Monday). — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

The Marlins led 8-0 at the time of his exit and survived dismal outings by relievers Lake Bachar and Peter Fairbanks to win 9-8 and sweep the series, capping a 7-3 road trip. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 July 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