Meaning & use
trip out
Slang for reacting with intense surprise or shock, or having a disorienting, dreamlike experience.
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I totally tripped out when I saw how much the concert tickets cost.
The strange lights in the sky made everyone at the party trip out.
A note on using this word
Trip out is casual slang, common in spoken American English, and rarely appropriate in formal writing.
Words with a similar meaning
freak out
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