Trippy

Quick meaning: Trippy is an adjective meaning (informal) Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen.

Meaning

(informal) Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen.

Example Sentences

Someone says there's something more to pay for sins that you committed yesterday; it's really rather drippy but something oh so trippy. Something happened to me yesterday.

Arguably, without Jones, Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-74) would not have revolutionised British TV comedy. He was key in developing the show’s distinctively trippy, stream-of-consciousness format, where each surreal set-up (the Lumberjack Song, the upper-class twit of the year show, the dead parrot, or the fish-slapping dance) flowed into the next, unpunctuated by punchlines.

Word Forms

• trippier
• trippiest

Synonyms for trippy

Depending on context, synonyms include lysergic, psychedelic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crazy, mad, insane, trip, triplike, psychedelic.

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