road-tripping

verb

present participle of road-trip
as in migrating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for road-tripping
  1. migrating
  2. wandering
  3. gallivanting
  4. hopping
  5. roaming
  6. roving
  7. traipsing
  8. touring
Verb
  • Carlsbad and other coastal cities south of Oceanside worry that any plan to keep sand on the shoreline north of them would prevent the precious grains of grit from migrating south in ocean currents to land on their own eroding beaches.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The pressure campaign against Iran is now migrating from the Strait of Hormuz to the financial system — and the second-order effects are landing squarely in Europe.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of migrating
Verb
  • More Phillies players and staff joined them, wandering around the field and the house from the movie for the next 40 minutes.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The young mountain lion was spotted wandering along Foothill Boulevard between San Dimas Avenue and San Dimas Canyon Road in the morning, according to the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • Buyers were interested but worried about the optics of a show revolving around two wealthy, gallivanting white guys.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Velasquez's social media account captured the real estate agent gallivanting on trips with family and friends following the alleged murder.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of gallivanting
Verb
  • Tourists hopping between Greece's islands on high-speed ferries are reporting rough rides and brutal bouts of seasickness along the way.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • But word got out fast and by afternoon that day, the place was hopping.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • Some of them, like the one I got stranded on, were full of green rolling hills, tall grasses that rustled in the wind, and wild goats and deer roaming free.
    — Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Rameez Ansar, Group CEO of Circles, which operates Jetpac Travel eSIM that reinvents roaming with global access, lower costs & smoother UX.
    — Rameez Ansar, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of roaming
Verb
  • Below ground, the future-professor’s shadow runs hard against the palm trees, roving nowhere.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Enclose The Garden With A Fence Enclosing a garden or patio with a fence provides more privacy, discourages roving deer, and adds a little mystery to your property.
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
Definition of roving
Verb
  • My mom is always looking for the next best sneaker for traipsing around the city, and she won’t be caught wearing bulky maximalist running shoes.
    — Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Over spare guitars, Madonna retraces the days of traipsing about the Lower East Side when the rent was overdue.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 July 2026
Definition of traipsing
Verb
  • Now 27, the R&B and pop singer-songwriter began releasing music at 16 and tirelessly worked her way up from Chicago’s Southside to touring with SZA and Sabrina Carpenter.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • As a refined grand-touring convertible, the Amalfi Spider is sublime.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of touring
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