tripper
tripper
Definition
trip·per (trip′ər)
noun
a person or thing that trips; specif.,
- a mechanical part for tripping a cam, pawl, etc.; also, a tripping device that operates a signal on a railroad
- Chiefly Brit. a person who takes a trip; tourist
tripper
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- take: Take the average day tripper, spends about £ 10, I know which I would prefer to have.
- attract: Nowadays Matlock Bath is a busy tourist resort, attracting both day trippers and long stay holiday makers.
- include: Fourteen members attended, including 2 day trippers from Inverness!
- file: ConfigObj is a simple but powerful config file reader and writer: an ini file round tripper.
- carry: The lights of a narrow boat carrying day trippers can just been seen inside the tunnel as it heads toward the entrance.
Adjective modifier
- casual: The Elan Valley is a haven for bird watchers in our delightful countryside, for the dedicated enthusiast or the casual day tripper.
- assorted: The assorted day trippers, foreign visitors & holiday makers thought the city by the sea was holding a mardi gras.
- average: Take the average day tripper, spends about £ 10, I know which I would prefer to have.
- first: In times past crossing the line was always recognized for first trippers by a ceremony paying homage to Neptune.
Modifies a noun
- boat: We watched the large tripper boats come from St Ives full up with sightseers go round the Carrack rocks to watch the seals.
- ticket: Ten tripper tickets - £ 8 - 10 return trips between car park and the Town Center.
Noun used with modifier
- weekend: The railroad still plays a part, with a station at the base of the slopes, dropping off weekend day trippers from Denver.
- boat: These provided some stunning close ups for a number of lucky boat trippers.
- round: I hit third base with authority and sped home for my second round tripper in two at bats.
- seaside: Redcar rose from obscurity in 1846 when an extension of the Stockton and Darlington Railroad brought industry and seaside day trippers to the area.
- pleasure: A " pleasure tripper " is what they say.
- coach: The west coast beaches are more remote and have few tourist facilities yet are so beautiful they are a magnet to coach trippers.
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