trippy
Americanadjective
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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.
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strange or weird.
It’s trippy to finally complete a story that you started decades ago.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of trippy
First recorded in 1965–70; trip 1 ( def. ) (in the sense “euphoria experienced under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs”) + -y 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Architect Jean Nouvel hollowed out the 19th-century Haussmann building to easily adapt tech-heavy immersive installations, including a typically trippy James Turrell.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Her impossible, dreamlike vistas put a trippy, esoteric spin on familiar devotional motifs while entering into a conversation with the history of art.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
“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.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
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.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
This twin brother stuff is the real trippy part.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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