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POWER TRIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does power trip mean?
• POWER TRIP (noun)
The noun POWER TRIP has 1 sense:
1. (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
Familiarity information: POWER TRIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("power trip" is a kind of...):
control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
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