tripper
/'tripə/
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A hiker accidentally steps on a loose rock and activates the trail's warning tripper.
Definition
- Noun:
- A catch mechanism that acts as a switch: A mechanical device designed to release or activate something when a specific condition, such as pressure, is met.
- A tourist who is visiting sights of interest: A person who is traveling for pleasure, especially one on a short excursion or visit to places of interest.
- A walker or runner who trips and almost falls: A person who stumbles or catches their foot on something, losing their balance momentarily.
- (Slang) Someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations: A person who is experiencing the effects, particularly hallucinations, of a psychoactive substance like LSD.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Mechanism):
- The safety system includes a tripper that shuts down the machine if it overheats.
- The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water.
- Noun (Tourist):
- The city was full of day trippers from the nearby coast.
- As a frequent tripper, she loved exploring historical landmarks.
- Noun (Person who stumbles):
- Be careful on that uneven path; you don't want to be a tripper.
- The clumsy runner was a notorious tripper on the track team.
- Noun (Slang, Drug user):
- In the 1960s, the park was known as a gathering spot for trippers.
- He described his experiences as a young tripper experimenting with psychedelics.
Advanced Usage
- "Day tripper": A tourist who visits a place and returns home on the same day.
- The ferry brings hundreds of day trippers to the island every summer.
- Used in technical contexts to describe a part of a conveyor system that discharges material at a specific point.
- The conveyor belt uses a tripper to distribute coal evenly into the bunkers.
Variants and Related Words
- Trip (verb/noun): The act of traveling or stumbling; also, the experience induced by a psychedelic drug.
- They planned a trip to the mountains.
- He took a bad trip on the psychedelic substance.
- Tripping (adjective/gerund): The act of stumbling or, in slang, experiencing the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
- The tripping mechanism failed. (Mechanical)
- They were tripping on acid. (Slang)
Synonyms
- Tourist: Visitor, sightseer, excursionist.
- Stumbler: Person who trips.
- (Mechanism): Trigger, release, catch.
- (Slang): Psychonaut, user (context-specific).
Related Phrases
- To go tripping: (Slang) To use psychedelic drugs.
- They spent the weekend going tripping in the desert.
- To trip over: To stumble because of an obstacle.
- She tripped over the loose cable.
Related Idioms
- A bad trip: (Slang) An unpleasant or frightening experience while under the influence of a psychedelic drug.
- He had a bad trip and needed someone to calm him down.
- A tripper's trail: A metaphorical path or series of places popular with tourists.
- The guidebook follows the well-worn tripper's trail through the capital's main attractions.
A hiker accidentally steps on a loose rock and activates the trail's warning tripper.
Noun
- a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
- the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
- a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
- a walker or runner who trips and almost falls
- (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations