tripper

[trip-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that trips.

2. Machinery.

   1. a tripping tripping trip mechanism; a trip.

   2. an apparatus causing a signal or other operating device to be tripped trip or actuated.

3. British Informal.,  a person who goes on a pleasure trip or excursion; excursionist.

4. Slang.,  a person who is under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, especially LSD.

tripper

/ ˈtrɪpə /

noun

1. a person who goes on a trip

2. a tourist; excursionist

3. another word for trip

4. 1. any device that generates a signal causing a trip to operate

   2. the signal so generated

Word History and Origins

Origin of tripper¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; trip ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

"Bhutan charges an entry fee per day to visit the country. Venice, of course, is probably the most famous one with €5 for day trippers," she says.

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Decades on, she welcomes day trippers from Xiamen at her shop.

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"There are a lot of day trippers but no one is stopping."

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Last year the city introduced an entrance fee for day trippers on peak dates.

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Some locals have wondered whether a ferry service could be launched, to deliver day trippers from Santa Monica Pier to Malibu Pier — an alternative that the city tried during a major landslide decades ago.

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