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
  • The sand added for each of those projects has been generally migrating south.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Other enterprises recently revealed to be migrating off of VMware include Allstate, T-Mobile, and UK grocery chain Tesco.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of migrating
Verb
  • The animal dragged the bag across the course before wandering off, leaving the golfers with a story that’s sure to be a hole-in-one at the clubhouse.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • Following in the wasteland-wandering footsteps of its successful Fallout series, Amazon Prime is tripling down on live-action game adaptations.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • The Orlando Sentinel’s Jeff Schweers found Ingoglia has been gallivanting around the state to see the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Daytona 500 and even a boxing match, with taxpayers helping cover his transportation.
    — Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • Imagine if David Rose and Patrick Brewer went gallivanting off on a cozy fantasy adventure, only to discover a shape-shifting girl and humans who are the real monsters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Definition of gallivanting
Verb
  • For a Greek Escape Soft whites and baby blues are perfect for island hopping in the Cyclades.
    — Emma Spedding, Vogue, 17 July 2026
  • As a recent article by Bloomberg points out, riders hopping into driverless cabs from Waymo, Tesla, and Zoox are treating driverless trips as a license to unwind.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • Yes, the likes of Julio Torres and Andrew Scott were casually roaming about, but even more typical was the sight of friends throughout the venue unexpectedly running into one another.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • This is because sandboxes can become infected with fecal microbes and parasites from wild and domesticated animals—including millions of free-roaming cats.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2026
Definition of roaming
Verb
  • 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
  • The first came last October when Casa Bonita hosted a fall pop-up called Casa BOOnita and suspended the use of roving actors for one month.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 9 July 2026
Definition of roving
Verb
  • 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
  • But birding at this landfill does not mean traipsing through the trash.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Definition of traipsing
Verb
  • The main goal here is a broader audience, since touring productions let audiences outside New York see hit shows without traveling to Manhattan.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • The pair later spent more than a year touring the musical across the country.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of touring
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