Green’s Dictionary of Slang

-tripping sfx

[tripping n.]

a general sfx denoting a style of action or opinion, e.g. power-tripping, asserting oneself over others; head-tripping, thinking.

[US]N. Thornburg Cutter and Bone (2001) 240: We’re just tripping, that’s all. Car-tripping.
[US]C. McFadden Serial 26: Harvey had never been big on Kate’s gourmet tripping either.