"trippy" meaning in All languages combined

See trippy on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtɹɪ.pi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trippy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trippier [comparative], trippiest [superlative]
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  1. (informal) Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen. Tags: informal Synonyms: lysergic, psychedelic Derived forms: trippily, trippiness Related terms: guilt-trippy Translations (strange; similar to the effects of a hallucinogen): psikedela (Esperanto), trippig (German), abgedreht (German), abgefahren (German), bizarr (German), berauschend (German), flipante (Spanish), tripeante [Latin-America] (Spanish), tripiante [Venezuela] (Spanish), tripioso [Puerto-Rico] (Spanish)

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