trip out
Definition
- Verb:
- To experience hallucinations or altered perception, typically due to using psychoactive drugs: The phrase "trip out" primarily means to undergo the effects of a hallucinogenic drug, resulting in visual, auditory, or sensory distortions.
- To react with extreme surprise, wonder, or astonishment (informal, extended meaning): In a more general and informal sense, it can also mean to be amazed or bewildered by something, as if experiencing something unreal.
Usage Examples
- Verb (Drug-related):
- He said he would never trip out on that substance again after a bad experience.
- They used to trip out together in the 1960s.
- Verb (Informal reaction):
- You should have seen her trip out when she saw the surprise party!
- I totally tripped out when I heard the news; it was so unexpected.
Advanced Usage
- "tripping out" (present participle): The act of currently experiencing a drug-induced hallucination or a state of extreme amazement.
- He was just sitting there, quietly tripping out on the patterns in the carpet.
- Stop tripping out over every little detail; it's not that serious.
Variants and Related Words
- Trip (noun/verb): The base word. As a noun, it can refer to the hallucinogenic experience itself (e.g., ). As a verb, it can mean to stumble or to travel, but also shares the drug-related meaning (e.g., ).
- Trippy (adjective): Describing something that resembles or induces the experience of a hallucinogenic trip.
- The movie had amazing, trippy visual effects.
Synonyms
- Hallucinate: To perceive things that are not present.
- Freak out (informal): To react with extreme emotion, often surprise or fear. (Note: "freak out" is broader and not exclusively drug-related).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Trip on (something/someone) (slang): To be intensely focused on, amazed by, or critical of something.
- He's always tripping on the latest conspiracy theories.
- Don't trip on me; I said I was sorry.
Related Idioms
- A bad trip: An unpleasant or frightening experience while under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug.
- He had a bad trip and needed someone to calm him down.
- A head trip (slang): A confusing, intellectually overwhelming, or psychologically manipulative experience.
- That philosophical lecture was a real head trip.
Verb
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get high, stoned, or drugged
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He trips every weekend
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