head trip
Americannoun
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a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
Etymology
Origin of head trip
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Decades ago, my immature first reading of this moment viewed Dream's ordeal as simply the inciting incident in an epic odyssey that's equal parts head trip and road trip.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
In other words, the score is as much of a head trip as the movie, which has its share of confounded critics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2021
The new album by The Flaming Lips is a head trip - literally.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2019
In other words, the store is creating a crazy-making microcosm of the dietary head trip that our faddish culture already subjects us to daily.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2019
A fascinating dramatization of selfhood as serial lives, this strange chamber piece — co-starring the terrific Mackenzie Davis — was a head trip in all the right ways.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2018
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