road trip

noun

1

: a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games

2

: an extended trip in a motor vehicle

road-trip

ˈrōd-ˈtrip 

intransitive verb

Examples of road trip in a Sentence

The team won three of five games on its road trip.

Recent Examples on the Web

The road trip route is nearly perfect, framed by large city hubs with easy-to-access airports including Houston and San Antonio; the mid-sized beach cities of Galveston and Corpus Christi; and a slew of small towns and state parks in between. —Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025

Dawn Ewing, a close family friend, shared a memory of a six-year-old Bjorklund chiming in from the backseat during a road trip with a declaration of faith. —Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025

The Kings finished their four-game road trip 3-1, and nearly made it 4-0, had their defensive success in the first half continued into the second. —Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025

Tablet holders, toys for babies, writing tablets and audiobooks all go a long way in adding some fun to the road trip for the kiddos. —Christopher Murray, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for road trip

• airship
• airstrip
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• filmstrip
• flagship
• gunship
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship