: of, relating to, or suggestive of a trip on psychedelic drugs or the culture associated with such drugs
trippy music
a trippy experience
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The movie was full of trippy images.
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The annual pilgrimage to the psychedelic haven known as Austin Psych Fest wrapped up this weekend at the Far Out Lounge, leaving behind a swirling vortex of trippy sounds, fluorescent visuals and a distinct aroma that grew more … earthy as the temperatures climbed.
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Other Scottish premieres include Scottish folk horror movie Harvest by, Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical satire The End with Tilda Swinton and George Mackay, and Nicolas Cage in trippy psychological thriller The Surfer.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
The album is available for pre-order now, including a trippy cantaloupe orange/pink vinyl variant.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
The trailer certainly paints a trippy picture of a high-tech near-future that veers into nightmare territory, as so many games in the Black Ops franchise tend to do, slipping between missions in the real-world and a psychedelic dream-world filled with demons and other nightmares.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Other Scottish premieres include Scottish folk horror movie Harvest by, Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical satire The End with Tilda Swinton and George Mackay, and Nicolas Cage in trippy psychological thriller The Surfer.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
The album is available for pre-order now, including a trippy cantaloupe orange/pink vinyl variant.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
The trailer certainly paints a trippy picture of a high-tech near-future that veers into nightmare territory, as so many games in the Black Ops franchise tend to do, slipping between missions in the real-world and a psychedelic dream-world filled with demons and other nightmares.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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“Trippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trippy. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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