ego-trip

verb

To go on an ego trip; to behave in such a manner.

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Meanings

verbego-trip (third-person singular simple present ego-trips, present participle ego-tripping, simple past and past participle ego-tripped)

present singular third person ego-trips · participle present ego-tripping · participle past ego-tripped · past ego-tripped

  1. To go on an ego trip; to behave in such a manner.

    “Our generation of women is constantly told to have high self-esteem, but it seems that the women themselves are at risk of ego-tripping themselves out of romantic connection,” she writes.

    2012 April 22, Bettina Arndt, “Why women lose the dating game”, in The Sidney Morning Herald
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APA

ego-trip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ego-trip

MLA

“ego-trip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ego-trip. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ego-trip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ego-trip.

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