tripper

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UK/ˈtɹɪpə/US/ˈtɹɪpɚ/

noun

One who trips or stumbles.

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tripmanstumblersightseerexcursionistrubbernecktrip
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Meanings

nountripper (plural trippers)

plural trippers

  1. One who trips or stumbles.

    Most trippers and fallers I know fall forward, but it could have happened. He could have gone out for a midnight walk, he could have wanted to commune with the moon from the middle of the log, he could have tripped and fallen backward […]

    2011, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon
  2. A person experiencing a hallucinogenic trip.
  3. Gonorrhea.
  4. UKA tourist.
  5. historicalSynonym of tripman.

    Synonyms: tripman

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of tripman.

Similar
tripman

More synonyms by meaning

nouna walker or runner who trips and almost falls

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stumbler
Broader
pedestrianwalkerfooter

nouna tourist who is visiting sights of interest

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sightseerexcursionistrubberneck
Broader
touristtourerholidaymaker

nouna catch mechanism that acts as a switch

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trip
Broader
catchstop
Also see
excursionistrubbernecksightseerstumblertriptripman

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From trip + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pretrip
Cite this entry
APA

tripper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripper

MLA

“tripper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tripper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripper.

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