tripper

Related to tripper: Day Tripper

day-tripper

One who travels to a destination for just one day, without an overnight stay. They save money by being day-trippers and avoiding costly hotel fees.

ego-tripper

Someone who is apt to act in a superior and self-centered manner. Don't get coffee for that ego-tripper—you're not one of his lowly interns. The boss must be a real ego tripper—I mean, he named a building after himself!

round-tripper

1. slang In baseball and softball, a home run (a hit that results in the batter making their way around all three bases and back to home, likened to a round-trip journey). Davidson's round-tripper in the bottom of the ninth sealed the team's first World Cup championship in over 85 years. The pitcher was replaced after allowing six round-trippers in the first two innings.
2. Any journey that involves returning to the point of origin shortly after reaching the destination, especially by traveling the same route in reverse. Why don't you spend the day in town running your errands, instead of making so many round-trippers back and forth? I'll have done about four or five round-trippers to New York by the time the year is over.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

day-tripper

a tourist who makes excursions lasting just one day. At about 4:00 P.M. the day-trippers start thinning out. Being a day-tripper is hard on your feet sometimes.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

day-tripper

n. a tourist who makes one-day trips. At about 4:00 p.m. the day-trippers start thinning out. Being a day-tripper is hard on your feet sometimes.

ego tripper

n. a person who habitually goes on an ego trip. Not another ego tripper running for public office!
See also: ego, tripper

round tripper

n. a home run in baseball. Ted is responsible for four round trippers in Saturday’s game.
See also: round, tripper
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • day-tripper
  • from one day to the next
  • (just) one of those days
  • not (one's) day
  • not one's day, this is
  • not someone's day
  • day off
  • day to day
  • day-to-day
  • face the day
References in periodicals archive
DAY TRIPPER Adults pounds 8.99, kids pounds 4.99 (0151 709 1963, www.beatlesstory.com).
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Day Tripper service 951, between Holmfirth and Glossop, is already running.
Time for change on buses
THOUSANDS of day trippers flocked to the beaches on the South Coast yesterday as temperatures hit the 70s - the highest this year.
STAMPEDE TO BEACHES
As the trippers were finishing their tea and sandwiches, veteran TV presenter Gloria Hunniford put her head round the door of the dining room and asked them if they wanted to meet Daniel.
Day we met Danny Boy
Kirklees Day Tripper service 956 will be operated by Yorkshire Traction from Huddersfield bus station to the Tolson Museum at Moldgreen, the National Coal Mining Museum at Overton, near Flockton, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton and the Amazing Maize Maze and Cannon Hall, both at Cawthorne.
Tourist buses planned
Tripper Rachel Devereux, 69, was relieved this year's trip was going without a hitch.
Tourists back from the brink
CROCKED England star Stuart Abbott has called on officials to keep a close eye on "serial tripper" Serge Betsen this weekend in case Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll is the Frenchman's next victim.
Rugby Union: Dirty trips of 'serial' Betsen
CROCKED England star Stuart Abbott has called on officials to keep a close eye on "serial tripper" Serge Betsen this weekend for fear that Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll could become the Frenchman's next victim.
Rugby Union: Abbott: Watch Betsen