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
  • Sovereign setups offer fewer services and are often missing crucial security tools, plus migrating existing systems requires costly rebuilds.
    — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Heading south to Miami, Florida before migrating west to Beverly Hills.
    — Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of migrating
Verb
  • Mornings can easily be filled wandering the grounds, and afternoons could disappear beside one of the two pools or beneath an olive tree with a good book.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Trump's quick save for wandering toddler sets up a Biden joke that steals the show.
    — , FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • Bret, who narrates the series with snooty affectation, is primarily parentless, with mom and dad gallivanting around Europe.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 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
  • Pets have been crawling, slithering, and hopping through classrooms across the United States for years.
    — Medara Udoekong, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2026
  • For many, discovering quaint antique shops is the impetus for hopping in the car and taking a leisurely drive.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • The service Low-key and informal with free-roaming check-in staff.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Sit in the garden, and flag down the roaming mimosa and caviar carts.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 3 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
  • 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
  • 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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