road-tripping

Definition of road-trippingnext
present participle of road-trip

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for road-tripping
Verb
  • Since 2005, Lake Katherine has been a refuge for migrating birds, beavers, muskrats, bald eagles, ospreys, turtles, and more.
    Mikayla Price, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This creates an obstacle for migrating fish, most of which start their journeys around this time of year, when the water is first starting to warm.
    K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Set a century before the events of Game of Thrones and 72 years after House of the Dragon, A Knight of Seven Kingdom follows two unlikely heroes wandering Westeros … a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Then spend time wandering through Wynwood Walls, an open-air museum featuring large-scale murals by international artists.
    Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The hotel seems to lend itself less to the idea of gallivanting around, but more to hunkering down and getting cosy.
    Felicity Capon, TheWeek, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Meet Cash, an energetic dog with a deep love of toys and gallivanting around in water, his profile says.
    TJ Macias, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The crowd skews creative and cultural—think museum-hopping couples, design-minded solo travelers, and friends on a low-key girls’ weekend.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Interested in hopping on the overnight oats bandwagon?
    Sam Woodward, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Popcorn Park Animal Refuge is home to roaming peacocks, a camel named Strawberry and many other abandoned, injured and elderly animals, but the haven in Forked River has been unable to reopen because of the latest major snowstorm.
    Christine Sloan, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Their farm, just off a main highway, is filled with chickens and turkeys roaming freely under the watch of Nova, a white Great Pyrenees, and several other dogs.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The former major league catcher of 10 seasons began his post-playing career in 1996 with the Milwaukee Brewers as a scout before becoming a roving instructor in 1997 and then assistant to the general manager in 1998.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • After brushes with presidential campaigns, Jackson continued his activism, including being a roving diplomat without portfolio.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Puppet lovers are all huddled at the Allerton Hotel on the Magnificent Mile and traipsing off to watch shows all over the city, at venues from the Studebaker Theater to the Chopin to the Biograph.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Your first step isn’t to look at the video—that would be like traipsing through a crime scene.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The steering, though somewhat isolated due to the car’s grand-touring disposition, feels communicative enough to enable and encourage rather spirited cornering.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Skarsgård is also fond of touring with a film because actors then get to connect with audiences and their thoughts on the film.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Road-tripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/road-tripping. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

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