tripper
Americannoun
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a person or thing that trips.
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Machinery.
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British Informal. a person who goes on a pleasure trip or excursion; excursionist.
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Slang. a person who is under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, especially LSD.
noun
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a person who goes on a trip
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a tourist; excursionist
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another word for trip
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any device that generates a signal causing a trip to operate
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the signal so generated
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Etymology
Origin of tripper
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at trip 1, -er 1
Example Sentences
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If you have a road tripper on your gift list, this is the gift for them.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2025
Day tripper Eric Adams, a hobbyist landscape photographer and resident of Monterey County, unexpectedly found himself having to sleep in his car.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
Serial tripper Grayson Allen finally announced his decision: He’ll return for his senior season at Duke rather than leave early for the NBA.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2017
Personally, he has taken the well-trodden path of failed novelist, American road tripper and schoolboy prankster.
From BBC • May 8, 2015
Women of Andalusia It is meet and just that the traveller who desires a closer acquaintance with the country wherein he sojourns than is obtained by the Cockney tripper, should fall in love.
From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
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