: 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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Buckle up for Seven of Nine exploring a remote cluster of uncanny exoplanets, strange alien artifacts, long lost civilizations, and trippy paranormal anomalies. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026 His trippy designs, drenched in bright pink, blue, and yellow, initially ended up in storage after some officials questioned their psychedelic vibe. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026 Peter Max, whose trippy Day-Glo paintings came to symbolize the Flower Power era of the 1960s, died on September 18 in a hospital in New York at the age of eighty-eight. — News Desk, Artforum, 17 Sep. 2026 Related Articles Max’s DayGlo trippy graphics were globally recognized. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 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 Oct. 2026.

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