trippy

adjective

trip·​py ˈtri-pē How to pronounce trippy (audio)
: of, relating to, or suggestive of a trip on psychedelic drugs or the culture associated with such drugs
trippy music
a trippy experience

Examples of trippy in a Sentence

The movie was full of trippy images.
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In the clip, Gelli Haha and her backup dancers twirl around vibrant decor in the sky before the singer hops behind the steering wheel of a huge, fluffy cloud and takes off on a trippy voyage. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026 This helped the team weed out trippy compounds. Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 Or just curious about a trippy cinematic journey? Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026 The new teaser for Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, debuting exclusively with Entertainment Weekly, offers a first look at the trippy horror film within a horror film starring Hacks' Hannah Einbinder and The X-Files' Gillian Anderson. Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trippy

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trippy was in 1968

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“Trippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trippy. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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