adj
Meaning 1
True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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Standard Lemma guide
trig
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /tɹɪɡ/
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UK, US: [t̠hɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
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adj
Meaning 2
Safe; secure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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adj
Meaning 3
Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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adj
Meaning 4
Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 5
Active; clever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A dandy; coxcomb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 7
Trigonometry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, informal, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A trig point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dialectal, informal
Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
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noun
Meaning 9
A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 10
The mark for players at skittles, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 11
Triglyceride.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, informal
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 12
A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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verb
Meaning 13
To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 14
To fill; to stuff; to cram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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adjective satellite
Meaning 15
neat and smart in appearance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a clean-cut and well-bred young man
- the trig corporal in his jaunty cap
- a trim beard
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Synonyms: clean-cut, trim
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trigonometry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pure mathematics
Narrower terms: spherical trigonometry, triangulation
History
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.
Clipping of trigonometry.
See trigger.
Clipping.
Compare Danish trykke (“to press”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vankka — firm, true, steady
- Finnish: vakaa — firm, true, steady
- Czech: fešný — good-looking
- Finnish: but see trigonometria — trig — see also trigonometry
- French: trigo — trig — see also trigonometry