Phrase guide

trip sitter

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who watches over a person who is using drugs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: recreational drugs

Topics: medicine, sciences

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History

Etymology

Of trip (“period of drug-induced reverie”) + sitter (“one who watches or tends something”). Attested from the 20th century; see quotations below.