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
  • Cracks in Foundation or Framework Caulking cracks and crevices in your foundation can stop spiders from migrating into your home, as can making sure all screens and doors are tightly sealed.
    — Sarah Everett, The Spruce, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Satellites look back at Earth, studying its changing landforms, migrating wildlife, diminishing glaciers and natural disasters.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of migrating
Verb
  • Here in Spring City a few experiences are essential, like digging into crossing-the-bridge noodles (guòqiáo mǐxiàn) and wandering the Dounan flower market, one of the largest in Asia.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Voters didn’t elect Democrats to play secretive games, to plot and plan in the dark for future moves, or worse — to continue the status quo of wandering around in disarray as Republicans stay in lockstep.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • First stop was Balthazar, where Chanel was fêting their new Coco fragrance before gallivanting off to hotspot Sophie’s in the East Village.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Buyers were interested but worried about the optics of a show revolving around two wealthy, gallivanting white guys.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of gallivanting
Verb
  • Spends much of its time hopping and scratching on the ground or under bird feeders.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The whole situation devolves from there, with Reed having to shoot Peter to prevent him from strangling her, destroying all of the surveillance tape, and hopping into a getaway car with Zeus and Spitfire after a very cursory search for Vita.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • The pack of dogs had been roaming onto an oil field in Oxnard, traipsing onto private property and walking perilously close to vehicular traffic.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The case went cold for six months until a detective recalled calling police about a Black man who was roaming in the Howard Beach neighborhood three months before Vetrano’s death, according to trial testimony.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of roaming
Verb
  • But the two aren’t out roving the country on a book tour despite both recently releasing new works.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • That same scribe confirmed that bands of chickens roving near the Hollywood Freeway were indeed real and not an urban legend in 2000.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of roving
Verb
  • The pack of dogs had been roaming onto an oil field in Oxnard, traipsing onto private property and walking perilously close to vehicular traffic.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Across the dozen tracks, Sivan leans heavily on ’90s touchstones, traipsing from glitch-hop to drum and bass, casting a wide net across sounds and scope.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of traipsing
Verb
  • That leaves trumpeter Lee Loughnane as the only original member still touring with the band.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Down by your ankles are bicycle pedals desperately maintaining the argument that this belongs somewhere in the ebike family, while six inches above the bars is a touchscreen doing the same job as the TFT on a modern touring motorcycle.
    — Kevin Fanady, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of touring
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