tripper

noun

trip·​per ˈtri-pər 

1

chiefly British : one that takes a trip : tourist

2

: a tripping device (as for operating a railroad signal)

Synonyms

• traveller
• traveler
• tourist

Examples of tripper in a Sentence

day trippers who come to spend a few hours on the island

Recent Examples on the Web

Each fall, this year between October 4 and 12, road trippers can also join the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. —Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Along the way, road trippers wind their way along the Lake Superior shoreline, where waves crash against jagged cliffs and waterfalls tumble into the great lake. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2025

Day trippers now pay a €10 entrance fee on summer weekends and during busy periods throughout the year. —Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025

What could be more authentically Eighties than a high-school girl who’s never tasted anything tripper than root beer going onstage to fake her way through a John Lennon acid freakout with the Rocket Man and the Piano Man? —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing tripper

• day-tripper

Rhymes for tripper

• chipper
• clipper
• dipper
• flipper
• gripper
• kipper
• nipper
• ripper
• shipper
• skipper
• slipper
• stripper

Kids Definition

tripper

noun

trip·​per ˈtrip-ər 

1

chiefly British : one that takes a trip : tourist

2

: a tripping device (as for operating a railroad signal)