Definitions for tripperˈtrɪp ər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

trip•perˈtrɪp ər(n.)

  1. a person or thing that trips.

  2. an apparatus causing a signal or other operating device to be tripped or activated.

    Category: Machinery

  3. a person who goes on a pleasure trip or excursion.

    Category: British

Origin of tripper:

1350–1400

Princeton's WordNet

  1. tripper(noun)

    (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations

  2. stumbler, tripper(noun)

    a walker or runner who trips and almost falls

  3. sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck(noun)

    a tourist who is visiting sights of interest

  4. tripper, trip(noun)

    a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

    "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

Wiktionary

  1. tripper(Noun)

    Agent noun of trip; one who trips.

  2. tripper(Noun)

    A person experiencing a hallucinogenic trip

  3. tripper(Noun)

    A tourist

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tripper(noun)

    one who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer

  2. Tripper(noun)

    an excursionist


Translations for tripper

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

tripper(noun)

a person who has made a journey for pleasure

The resort was full of trippers.

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