POWER TRIP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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