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

The results, as you can plainly see, are as trippy as they are webby.

From The Daily Beast

Trippy, echoing sound effects give “A Brain In A Bottle” a sense of fullness and dimension—as they do for “Guess Again!”

From The Daily Beast

On the outside, artists turned the yellow bus into a trippy menagerie of abstract scenes and designs.

From The Daily Beast

Many are trippy, dizzy-making affairs that could pass for screensavers.

From The Daily Beast

The delightfully trippy television special has been mocked as feminist propaganda disguised as entertainment.

From The Daily Beast

For pets I have a little dog named Trippy and a little bird named Ruby.

From Project Gutenberg