tripping

Definitions

Electronics

• The releasing, triggering, activating, or otherwise setting of something into operation. For example, the triggering of a circuit breaker. Also, an instance of such tripping.

Slang

• adjective strange, weird. This adjective, unknown before the 1990s, denotes a generally bizarre situation, thing, person, etc., rather than referring specifically to the simulation of the effects of LSD.
• noun enjoying oneself, having fun. In the slang of black hip hop aficionados the 1960s term for LSD usage has been generalised.

Nearby Definitions of “tripping”

• triple point
• tripler
• triploid
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• TRIPs Agreement
• tripwire
• triticale
• tritium
• Triton

Contexts for “tripping”

3 definitions in context
• Electronics
• Slang