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trippy

[ trip-ee ]

adjective

, Informal.
  1. evoking a feeling reminiscent of the altered state produced by psychedelic drugs:

    The festival features a trippy animated display that changes over the course of the day.

    Upcoming listening sessions include some ambient, trippy electronica.

  2. strange or weird:

    It’s trippy to finally complete a story that you started decades ago.



trippy

/ ˈtrɪpɪ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    suggestive of or resembling the effect produced by a hallucinogenic drug
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trippy1

First recorded in 1965–70; trip 1( def ) (in the sense “euphoria experienced under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs”) + -y 1( def )
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Example Sentences

The results, as you can plainly see, are as trippy as they are webby.

Trippy, echoing sound effects give “A Brain In A Bottle” a sense of fullness and dimension—as they do for “Guess Again!”

On the outside, artists turned the yellow bus into a trippy menagerie of abstract scenes and designs.

Many are trippy, dizzy-making affairs that could pass for screensavers.

The delightfully trippy television special has been mocked as feminist propaganda disguised as entertainment.

For pets I have a little dog named Trippy and a little bird named Ruby.

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