intrippare
Italian
Etymology
From in- + trippa + -are. Sense three is by contamination with English trip, in the sense of an acid trip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.tripˈpa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: in‧trip‧pà‧re
Verb
intrippàre (first-person singular present intrìppo, first-person singular past historic intrippài, past participle intrippàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, colloquial) to stuff, to cram with food
- (transitive, uncommon, by extension) to eat greedily, to scarf, to gobble
- (passive-only, slang) to be hooked, to be tripping or (figuratively) to be extremely focused on something or to be in a state of confusion
Conjugation
Conjugation of intrippàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- intrippare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana