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

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

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Other high-profile titles from international festivals include Luca Guadagnino’s campus drama “After the Hunt,” Kleber Mendonça Filho’s political thriller “The Secret Agent,” Bi Gan’s trippy drama “Resurrection” and Radu Jude’s updated “Dracula.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

This twin brother stuff is the real trippy part.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas