trippy

adjective

trip·​py ˈtri-pē 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Best Bohemian Design For a hallway beamed straight out of Marrakech, this mosaic piece combines woods and neutrals to a trippy effect. — Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2026

But the gentle vocal harmonies and trippy acoustic strumming, like the jokey title, transform the song into something else. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026

Watch a trippy video for the new-agey, shoegaze-y title track, co-written with longtime collaborator Jorge Elbrecht, below. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026

The combination of Seussian Joshua Trees, the moonscape-like desert, the lore of alien encounters, the ghost-town vibes, and the countless kooky artists who went out there and never quite came back is a begging canvas for a trippy weekend with friends. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trippy

• hippie
• hippy
• tippy