trig

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ] Rhymes: -ɪɡ === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Adjective ==== trig (comparative trigger, superlative triggest) (now chiefly dialectal) True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful. Safe; secure. Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart. 1973, Newsweek, April 16 The [torture] stories seemed incongruent with the men telling them – a trim, trig lot who, given a few pounds more flesh, might have stepped right out of a recruiting poster. Active; clever. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== trig (plural trigs) (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of trigonometry. ==== Noun ==== trig (countable and uncountable, plural trigs) (uncountable, informal) Trigonometry. (surveying, countable, informal) A trig point. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === See trigger. ==== Noun ==== trig (plural trigs) (UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. The mark for players at skittles, etc. ==== Verb ==== trig (third-person singular simple present trigs, present participle trigging, simple past and past participle trigged) (transitive) To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid. === Etymology 4 === Compare Danish trykke (“to press”). ==== Verb ==== trig (third-person singular simple present trigs, present participle trigging, simple past and past participle trigged) To fill; to stuff; to cram. === Etymology 5 === Clipping. ==== Noun ==== trig (plural trigs) (medicine, informal) Triglyceride. ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “trig”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Etymology 6 === Clipping. ==== Noun ==== trig (plural trigs) (entomology) A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae. === Anagrams === Grit, girt, grit == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /triːj/ Rhymes: -iːj === Noun === trīġ n alternative form of *trīeġ (“tray”) ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: