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)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to stuff, to cram with food
  2. (transitive, uncommon, by extension) to eat greedily, to scarf, to gobble
  3. (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

Further reading

  • intrippare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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