trippy

American  

[trip-ee] / ˈtrɪp i /

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.

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trippy British  

/ ˈtrɪpɪ /

adjective

1. informal suggestive of or resembling the effect produced by a hallucinogenic drug

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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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In fact, this rager was Hello Kitty–themed—with trippy visuals of the fluffy cat blaring behind the DJs—and was hosted by the Dave & Buster’s in Ontario, California, just over 35 miles outside Los Angeles.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Elsewhere, the recent single American Girls gained a long, trippy intro, with Styles messing around on an old analogue keyboard, tweaking low pass filters and playing squiggly synth noises.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

In keeping with this trippy, but utterly wonderful, championship, Duhan van der Merwe is also out, a loss that would have been seen as an absolute calamity not that long ago.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

It’s pretty trippy, by the way, being on city streets again after you’ve spent so much time walking on the beach.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña