trig

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /tɹɪɡ/
  • 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 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.
    • British Quarterly Review (1845-1866)
      To sit on a horse square and trig.
    • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:
      “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

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. (Britain) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)

Verb

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

  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

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

  1. To fill; to stuff; to cram.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. H. More to this entry?)

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms

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): /tij/

Noun

triġ n

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

Declension

Synonyms

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