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tripper

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trip⋅per

  [trip-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that trips.
2. Machinery.
a. a tripping mechanism; a trip.
b. an apparatus causing a signal or other operating device to be tripped or actuated.
3. British Informal. a person who goes on a pleasure trip or excursion; excursionist.
4. Slang. a person who is under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, esp. LSD.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see trip 1 , -er 1
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trip·per   (trĭp'ər)   
n.  

  1. Slang One who is undergoing a hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug.

  2. A tripping or triggering device on a mechanism.

  3. Chiefly British One who is taking a short pleasure trip.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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