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to trip out
01
to hallucinate or experience an altered state of consciousness from psychedelic drugs
Slang
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
out
Base verb
trip
Present tense
trip out
3rd person singular
trips out
Present participle
tripping out
Past simple
tripped out
Past participle
tripped out
What does "to trip out" mean in drug slang?
The phrase "to trip out" means to experience strong hallucinations or intense altered perception, usually from psychedelic drugs such as LSD or psilocybin mushrooms. The structure is informal slang where "trip" refers to the drug-induced experience and "out" emphasizes becoming immersed or overwhelmed by it. It is commonly used in drug-related contexts to describe a pronounced psychedelic effect.
Examples
We tripped out on acid all night.
