trig

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /tɹɪɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

trig (comparative trigger, superlative triggest)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Safe; secure.
3. (now chiefly dialectal) Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
4. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
   • Brit. Quart. Rev.

     To sit on a horse square and trig.

   • 1973, Newsweek 1973, April 16th

     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.

5. (now chiefly dialectal) Active; clever.

Translations

firm, true, steady

• Finnish: vankka (fi), vakaa (fi)

Noun

trig (plural trigs)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of trigonometry.

Noun

trig (countable and uncountable; plural trigs)

1. (uncountable) trigonometry.
2. (countable, informal) A trigonometric point.

Etymology 3

See trigger.

Noun

trig (plural trigs)

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

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Etymology 4

Compare Danish trykke (“to press”).

Verb

trig (third-person singular simple present trigs, present participle trigging, simple past and past participle trigged)

1. To fill; to stuff; to cram.

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Anagrams

• girt
• grit, Grit

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Old English

Alternative forms

• treġ

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *trugaz, *trugan, *truh-, *trauh-, *trawjan, from Proto-Indo-European *drAuk(')- (“a type of vessel”). Akin to Old English trōg (“trough”).

Noun

triġ n

1. a wooden board with a low rim, tray.

Declension

    Declension of trig (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	triġ	triġu
accusative	triġ	triġu
genitive	triġes	triġa
dative	triġe	triġum

Synonyms

• trēġ
• trog