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

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. )

Example Sentences

“They rumble through time. We’re just putting a little bit of paint on some here and there, and maybe a little bit of echo and little bit of that sort of trippy stuff.”

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Before it all started to get trippy, Scotland were losing 3-0 and Denmark were winning 1-0, a series of results that made Scottish hopes of automatic qualification a dead duck.

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Then everything became a little trippy in October.

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But while those groups seemed to want to soundtrack trippy shows in a planetarium, Tortoise typically favors concise, punchy tracks built around defined hooks.

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But in these works, trippy colors, exaggerated and expressionistic figures and unconventional arrangements seem to be enough to qualify them as surreal.

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