trig

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɪɡ/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English trig, tryg, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
   • (Can we date this quote by British Quarterly Review and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     To sit on a horse square and trig.

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     “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].

   • 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.

5. (now chiefly dialectal) Active; clever.

Translations

firm, true, steady

• Finnish: vankka (fi), vakaa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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. (surveying, countable, informal) A trigonometric point, trig 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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2. The mark for players at skittles, etc.

Verb

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

Etymology 4

Compare Danish trykke (“to press”).

Verb

1. To fill; to stuff; to cram.

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Etymology 5

Clipping.

Noun

trig (plural trigs)

1. (medicine, informal) triglyceride

References

• “trig”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Grit, girt, grit

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Old English

Alternative forms

• treġ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trij/

Noun

triġ n

1. a wooden board with a low rim, tray

Declension

Declension of triġ (strong a-stem)

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

Synonyms

• trēġ
• trog