Fehlgriff — meaning in English

English meaning

• blunder noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
• trip noun A journey, especially for pleasure or a specific purpose.

Senses

Fehlgriff is used for these senses in English:

• blunder A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
• trip (figurative, archaic) An error; a failure; a mistake.

blunder — full definition

1. noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
2. verb To make a careless, serious mistake.

trip — full definition

1. noun A journey, especially for pleasure or a specific purpose.
2. verb To catch your foot on something and stumble or fall.
3. verb To activate a switch, alarm, or mechanism, often unintentionally.
4. noun Informal: a period of hallucination caused by psychoactive drugs.

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