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trig

Pronunciation: /tɹɪɡ/

The English word “trig” has 14 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
  2. Safe; secure.
  3. Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
  4. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
  5. Active; clever.

noun

  1. A dandy; coxcomb.
  2. Trigonometry.
  3. A trig point.
  4. A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
  5. The mark for players at skittles, etc.
  6. Triglyceride.
  7. A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.

verb

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

Etymology

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.

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