trippy

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adjective trip·py \ˈtri-pē\

Definition of trippy

: 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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Examples of trippy in a Sentence

The movie was full of trippy images.

Recent Examples of trippy from the Web

Terry Gilliam's trippy 1985 masterpiece was famously butchered by the movie studio, which forced him to shoehorn in a happy ending and remove a revelation that revealed the events of the film take place in the narrator's head.

— cleveland.com, "Before 'Spider-Man 3': A brief history of director's cuts and special editions", 31 May 2017
The band won Spain’s prestigious Ondas radio award, among others, for its trippy debut album, Endorfinas en la Mente.

— judy cantor-navas, Billboard, "Singer Lamari Says Goodbye to Chambao For Solo Career", 22 May 2017
That’s a trippy way of saying the card acts as a physical connection to your online account.

— marcus wohlsen, WIRED, "With Discover Deal, PayPal Wants to Be What’s in Your Wallet", 22 Aug. 2012

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