to trippin'
- verb
- /ˈtrɪpɪn/
- Slang
- Stop whining, stop complaining, stop tripping, all right, and just man up.
But quit tripping during the process.
- But quit tripping during the process.
- It's like once you're aware of you getting wet, you ain't tripping.
- Oh yeah, fucking RadioShack manager totally shirt off tripping out.
- I was like, yo, man, you, you got smart enough out here, you tripping, man.
- I'm muchos pescados and so I ain't even tripping.
- And I'm not really tripping off TV anymore like this.
- Don't be so go tripping like, you know, just right.
Examples
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And so having you call in as a guest is actually like tripping me out pretty hardcore right now.
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But quit tripping during the process.
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Hey man, I might be tripping, but I might not be.
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And, and so I was tripping a lot and I was starting to go manic already.
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You just said it's hard to keep up with a lie and he is the one tripping over the line of deceit.
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He was trippin' when he thought he could run a marathon without training.
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She's been trippin' about the party all week, making everyone nervous.
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Why are you trippin'? It's just a small mistake, and we can fix it.
Synonyms
To suddenly become very angry, excited, or surprised
To suddenly lose control and become very angry or upset
Bad behavior that shows strong feelings or stress
React with strong fear or excitement and lose control
To become very upset, afraid, or excited
Become very upset or excited and act confused suddenly
To become too angry or upset about small things
To suddenly become very angry and lose control of yourself
To behave in a very strange or wild way
Get very upset and confused quickly
Wild and noisy in a way that makes people feel upset
To act crazy and out of control for fun or excitement
Antonyms
How Confused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Trippin' comes from the idea of being on a strange trip, a kind of 'mental journey' that makes you act different or overreact. So when someone says you are trippin', they mean you are behaving like you are caught up in that strange journey—confused or too emotional.