ego trip

US: (ē′gō trip′, eg′ō-)

Inflections of 'ego trip' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

ego-trips

v 3rd person singular

ego-tripping

v pres p

ego-tripped

v past

ego-tripped

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ˈe•go ˌtrip, n. [countable] Informal.

1. Informal Terms something done primarily to satisfy oneself:
   This project has been just one long ego trip for her.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

e′go trip′, [Informal.]

1. Informal Terms an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification:
   Her charitable activity was one long ego trip.

• 1965–70

e•go-trip  (ē′gō trip′, eg′ō-), v.i., -tripped, -trip•ping. [Informal.]

1. Informal Terms to behave in a self-serving manner.

• 1965–70

e′go-trip′per, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ego trip noun

1. something undertaken to boost or draw attention to a person's own image or appraisal of himself or herself