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to trip

to trip

103 9.5
To see things that are not real after taking drugs
  • verb
  • /trɪp/
  • NSFW
translation icon : alucinar
  • Man, don't trip.

Examples

Synonyms

to hallucinate
vsto trip
75 7.4

To see or hear things that are not there

is restricted to hallucinations caused by hallucinogenic or psychoactive drugs
to trip out
vsto trip
  • NSFW
3 9.8

Feel strange and see or hear things after taking drugs

is specific to hallucinations after psychoactive drugs rather than general high states
to trippin'
vsto trip
  • NSFW
9.9

To see or hear things that are not real, often because of drugs

is the neutral, standard form for the same drug induced experience
hallucinating
vsto trip
7.7

Seeing or hearing things that are not real

focuses on drug related altered perceptions rather than any cause

Idioms

44 1.0

Traveling away from home to visit another place for holiday or work

To stumble or fall because you are clumsy

Dance in a lively, graceful way to music

1 9.9

A strong private scolding for someone who did something wrong

To dance in a lively, elegant way to music

Phrasal Verbs

49 1.9

Lose your balance when your foot hits or catches on something while walking

27 4.9

Make a mistake or cause someone else to make one

Decide not to go on a planned journey because of a problem

3 9.8

Feel strange and see or hear things after taking drugs

to trip out
  • Informal
1 8.6

Become very upset or excited and act confused suddenly

Compounds

95 1.0

An organized visit by students to learn outside the classroom

46 1.6

A journey to a place and back to where you started

guilt trip
  • Informal
13 4.9

A feeling of guilt someone gives you to make you do something

11 1.4

A short journey to a place and back

power trip
  • Offensive
9 7.8

Wanting to feel important by being strict or mean to others

A ticket that lets you travel to a place and back

ego trip
  • Informal
5 7.4

An action you do to make yourself feel more important

3 6.1

A low wire that makes a trap, alarm, or camera go off when someone walks into it

A journey taken to enjoy yourself rather than for work

round trip
  • Specialized
1 3.9

The time it takes for data to go and come back over a network

1 3.4

A short trip to find out about an area

head trip
  • Informal
1 8.7

An intense mental experience that makes you think deeply or feel strong emotions

The best part of a trip that people remember most

1 1.4

A journey across the ocean by ship or boat

trip to Xanadu
  • Literature
1 9.9

A journey to a perfect, beautiful place in your dreams

A sudden journey you make without planning

A journey that includes exciting activities and some risk

round-trip light time
  • Specialized
9.6

The time it takes for a light signal to travel to a spacecraft or planet and back

trip line
  • Archaic
9.1

A thin rope used in logging to free a hook on a log from a safe distance

trip wire
  • Jargon
8.4

A small military force placed to make other forces respond if it is attacked

6.5

A small mistake that causes embarrassment or trouble

How Intense

freak out
  • NSFW
3 8.2
to trip
  • NSFW
103 9.5
to get high
  • NSFW
112 9.3

Surface Forms

trip infinitive
tripped past
tripped past participle
tripping present participle
trips third person singular

Etymology

Trip (to experience hallucinations) uses the picture of 'travel' again — a helpful way to remember is to think of 'taking a trip' inside your own mind. So when someone trips on a drug, their mind seems to travel to strange places.