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head trip

head trip

1 8.7
An intense mental experience that makes you think deeply or feel strong emotions
  • noun
  • Informal
translation icon : experiencia intensa
  • Reading that book was a real head trip, leaving me with profound thoughts that lingered long after I finished.

And it's a real, that's a real head trip for you to be in a situation where you're kind of constantly feeling like someone's partner.

Examples

  • For him, climbing that mountain was more of a head trip than a physical challenge.

  • She dismissed the retreat as just another head trip for self-absorbed people.

  • The artist said making music is a head trip, something he does for his own pleasure.

  • What a wild head trip that concert was!

  • That movie was a real head trip!

  • Watching that surreal movie was such a head trip; it made me question reality in a whole new way.

  • The artist's latest exhibit provides a head trip that challenges viewers to think deeply about society and their place in it.

Synonyms

trip
vshead trip
  • NSFW
122 9.0

An unusual or exciting experience often caused by drugs

is a strong mental experience not limited to drug induced altered perception

Antonyms

boredom
85 1.3

A feeling of being tired and restless when you have nothing to do

Surface Forms

head trip singular
head trips plural

Morphology

head + trip

The compound combines 'head' (mind) with 'trip' (an unusual or altered experience), so the sense 'an intense or unusual mental experience' is directly derivable from the constituents. Although informal/slang, the modifier+noun composition is straightforward, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Head trip comes from the picture of taking a short journey inside your own head — a trip through your thoughts, feelings, or imagination. So, calling something a head trip means it is a strong or unusual 'mental experience' that changes how you think or feel.