: 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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The movie was full of trippy images.
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Season 1 was a gradual unfolding of a trippy new world (including the marvelously meh Medium Place), with surprises tucked around every corner (silent monk Jianyu is actually a Jacksonville deejay bro?).
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EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
There’s also a white-knuckle brush with disaster during an international commercial flight and a trippy zip through the Berlin night that’s like Run Lola Run on a bicycle.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
The trailer itself is extremely trippy, beginning with an upside-down cityscape and a shot of Tesfaye, playing a version of himself, almost entirely submerged in water.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
The pic is a trippy genre movie that follows reclusive rock star Moretti (John Malkovich), who emerges after being decades away to invite a group of journalists to his cult compound.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
There’s also a white-knuckle brush with disaster during an international commercial flight and a trippy zip through the Berlin night that’s like Run Lola Run on a bicycle.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
The trailer itself is extremely trippy, beginning with an upside-down cityscape and a shot of Tesfaye, playing a version of himself, almost entirely submerged in water.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
The pic is a trippy genre movie that follows reclusive rock star Moretti (John Malkovich), who emerges after being decades away to invite a group of journalists to his cult compound.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trippy
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“Trippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trippy. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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