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 intransitive verb

Examples of road trip in a Sentence

The team won three of five games on its road trip.
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Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of road trip was in 1953

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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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