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trig.

True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/tɹɪɡ/UK, US[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]UK, US

  1. True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.

    dialectal

  2. Safe; secure.

    dialectal

  3. Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.

    dialectal

  4. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.

    dialectal

  5. Active; clever.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English trīewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true.

noun/tɹɪɡ/UK, US[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]UK, US

  1. A dandy; coxcomb.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English trīewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true.

noun/tɹɪɡ/UK, US[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]UK, US

  1. Trigonometry.

    dialectal · informal · uncountable

  2. A trig point.

    countable · dialectal · informal
Where this word comes from

Clipping of trigonometry.

noun/tɹɪɡ/UK, US[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]UK, US

  1. A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.

    UK · dialectal

  2. The mark for players at skittles, etc.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

See trigger.

verb/tɹɪɡ/UK, US[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]UK, US

  1. To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

See trigger.

verb/tɹɪɡ/UK, US[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]UK, US

  1. To fill; to stuff; to cram.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Compare Danish trykke (“to press”).

noun/tɹɪɡ/UK, US[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]UK, US

  1. Triglyceride.

    dialectal · informal
Where this word comes from

Clipping.

noun/tɹɪɡ/UK, US[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]UK, US

  1. A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Clipping.

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