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See also: powertrip and power-trip
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
power trip (plural power trips)
- Any activity which confers a sense of power on the person involved.
- The excitement that results from such an activity.
- (Malaysia, Singapore) A power outage or a blackout, when an electrical device or system suddenly stops working.
- Synonym: power cut
- 2018 January 9, Surin Murugiah, “Power trip shuts down Ophir field offshore Malaysia, says report”, in The Edge Markets[1], retrieved 2023-08-17:
- A power trip has shut down production from the Ophir field offshore Malaysia, according to a report by energy portal OffshoreEnergyToday.com.
- 2022, Free Malaysia Today[2]:
- A power trip is when the circuit breakers in your house cut off power in one area or the entirety of your house.
Related terms[edit]
- power-trip
- power-tripping
- trip switch (may be related to sense 3)