TRIPPER
Dictionary entry overview: What does tripper mean?
• TRIPPER (noun)
The noun TRIPPER has 4 senses:
1. (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations
2. a walker or runner who trips and almost falls
3. a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
4. a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
Familiarity information: TRIPPER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• TRIPPER (noun)
Meaning:
(slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("tripper" is a kind of...):
drug user; substance abuser; user (a person who takes drugs)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Meaning:
A walker or runner who trips and almost falls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
stumbler; tripper
Hypernyms ("tripper" is a kind of...):
footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)
Meaning:
A tourist who is visiting sights of interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
excursionist; rubberneck; sightseer; tripper
Hypernyms ("tripper" is a kind of...):
holidaymaker; tourer; tourist (someone who travels for pleasure)
Meaning:
A catch mechanism that acts as a switch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tripper; trip
Context example:
the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water
Hypernyms ("tripper" is a kind of...):
catch; stop (a restraint that checks the motion of something)
