Word Study
tripper
CIDE DICTIONARY
tripper, n.
- One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer. [1913 Webster]
- An excursionist. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tripper, n.
1 Brit. a person who goes on a pleasure trip or excursion.
2 colloq. a person experiencing hallucinatory effects of a drug.
1 Brit. a person who goes on a pleasure trip or excursion.
2 colloq. a person experiencing hallucinatory effects of a drug.
THESAURUS
tripper
LSD user, acidhead, addict, adventurer, alcoholic, alpinist, astronaut, camper, chain smoker, climber, cocaine sniffer, cokie, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, cubehead, dipsomaniac, dope fiend, doper, drug abuser, drug addict, drug user, drunkard, excursionist, explorer, fare, fiend, freak, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, glue sniffer, goer, habitual, hajji, head, heavy smoker, hophead, hype, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, junkie, marijuana smoker, mariner, methhead, mountaineer, narcotics addict, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, pillhead, pioneer, pothead, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, sightseer, snowbird, speed freak, straphanger, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trekker, user, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-travelerFor further exploring for "tripper" in Webster Dictionary Online