"tripper" meaning in English

See tripper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tripper.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trippers [plural]
Etymology: From trip + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|trip|-er|text=+|tree=1}} From trip + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tripper (plural trippers)
  1. One who trips or stumbles.
    Sense id: en-tripper-en-noun-T2gyCA1r Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 17 3 20 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 29 8 3 24 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 24 15 6 29 27
  2. A person experiencing a hallucinogenic trip.
    Sense id: en-tripper-en-noun-OO60URm- Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 17 3 20 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 24 15 6 29 27
  3. Gonorrhea.
    Sense id: en-tripper-en-noun-Kmrtt4do
  4. (UK) A tourist. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-tripper-en-noun-eVGkkGsC Categories (other): British English, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 17 3 20 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 29 8 3 24 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 24 15 6 29 27
  5. (historical) Synonym of tripman. Tags: historical Synonyms: tripman [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-tripper-en-noun-vs-8NiZt Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 28 9 3 24 36 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 28 9 3 24 36 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 26 16 3 22 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 17 3 20 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 29 8 3 24 36 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 8 1 19 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 24 15 6 29 27 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 29 9 4 10 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 28 8 4 9 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 5 2 5 55 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 25 8 3 9 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cheap tripper, day-tripper, power-tripper, road tripper, round-tripper, tripperish

Inflected forms

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