wikitrip 

The act of spending long amounts of time reading several articles on Wikipedia or other Wiki sites. Usually the act starts with the reader reading an article they intended to read, then following links to other articles within the first article. The wikitrips can last for hours, and usually spans several various topics.

"Last night I went on Wikipedia to look up stuff for my research paper on Argentina, then I followed links until I eventually was reading about the minors characters of the Star Wars movies. It was a super long wikitrip."

wikitrip by DFSM November 29, 2006

wikitrip 

The trail taken when one clicks on several links on Wikipedia to end somewhere incredibly different than where they started.

She doesn't even remember how she got to a page on shrunken heads or where she started from, but it was an interesting wikitrip.

wikitrip by Lady_alpha February 12, 2010

Wiki trip 

When one visits Wikipedia and clicks linked articles until they are at an article they never thought they would be at in the first place.

Person 1: I went to look up Burj Dubai on Wikipedia and somehow ended up reading about the Stanley Cup? How did this happen?

Person 2: Wow, that's quite the Wiki trip

Wiki trip by rjholla2003 December 21, 2009

wikitrap 

When one looks something up on wikipedia, and finds oneself clicking through links to related articles until several hours have passed, tasks for the day not achieved, trains missed, etc. It is implied that one is not longer able to leave wikipedia.

Tends to end up, no matter where one started, with articles about the British Royal Family.

Noun: "I got stuck in a wikitrap today for four hours"

Verb (passive): "I would have come out but I went to look up something for my hoemwork and was wikitrapped all evening"

wikitrap by Quixotist November 10, 2008

wiki-trip 

When, upon reading an article on Wikipedia, one clicks a link to another article and repeats the process several times.

I was reading an article on cornish game hens, then I went on a wiki-trip and before I knew it I was on the Archbishop of Canterbury.

wiki-trip by Efram Sanchez March 20, 2008

Wikitripping 

Verb. Wikitripping is when a person looks something up on Wikipedia and while reading the article, they click on one of the links within it, and proceed to read that article, upon which they click on another link and again read that article. The process may repeat itself many times, often until the person loses track of time and/or has no recollection of what information they originally sought.

I was Wikitripping till 3am!

Wikitripping by Feynman Fan December 2, 2014