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

So Denver’s primary focus was no mystery as players and coaches reconvened for a three-game road trip out west. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026

Kidd was noncommittal when asked if Flagg will play at all on Dallas’ upcoming three-game road trip, which has stops in Minnesota, Indiana and Brooklyn. —Christian Clark, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026

Jamahl Mosley’s squad knocked down a franchise-record 27 3-pointers, finished with a 29-6 advantage in fastbreak scoring and scored 24 points off 19 takeaways in the 37-point victory to open a four-game road trip on the West Coast. —Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026

Dallas has a three-game road trip coming out of the All-Star break, starting with Friday’s loss to the Timberwolves. —Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 20 Feb. 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