tripod.
A three-legged stand or mount.
Meaning & usage
A three-legged stand or mount.
Cameras often have tripod attachments, which help when taking steady photographs.
An organism with three limbs.
A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
Someone with a very large penis.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripod- (stem of tripūs, tripodis), from Ancient Greek τρίποδ- (trípod-, stem of τρίπους, τρίποδος (trípous, trípodos), literally “three-footed”); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus, tripos, and teapoy.
To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
I tripodded after my 6-mile run.
Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripod- (stem of tripūs, tripodis), from Ancient Greek τρίποδ- (trípod-, stem of τρίπους, τρίποδος (trípous, trípodos), literally “three-footed”); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus, tripos, and teapoy.
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