bad trip: Meaning and Definition of

bad' trip'

Pronunciation: [key]
— Slang. Slang.
  1. a mentally or physically horrifying drug-taking experience, as one accompanied by nightmarish hallucinations or by physical pain.
  2. a dismayingly unpleasant experience: He was so ill-prepared that college was a bad trip for him.
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