Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trig

/tɹɪɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: trig
IPA: /tɹɪɡ/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.

adj

adj

Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.

adj

Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.

adj

Active; clever.

noun

A dandy; coxcomb.

noun

Informal; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Informal

Example Sentences

"Aye, the Chicopee, a fine-un, she were. Clean-built and trig-lookin’! None more fleet in ‘64 than she..."
"we possess of pig's skin and stirrups to keep them square and trig"
"“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,[…]."
"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."
"You might as well smite that saw with your fist ; you might as well put a trig under the dam and stop it, as to practise on him"
"By how much more a mans skin is full treg'd with flesh, blood and natural Spirits."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: trig, tryggr, *triwwiz

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tɹɪɡ/
British English: /tɹɪɡ/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Mathematics.

Inflected Forms

trigger (comparative) triggest (superlative) trigs (plural) trigs (present, singular) trigging (participle, present) trigged (participle, past) trigged (past)

Derived Forms

trigly trigness

Phrases

trig identity trig pillar

Synonyms

clean-cut trim trigonometry

Rhymes With

big dig pig fig gig rig wig brig sig mig jig zig

Questions

How do you pronounce trig?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹɪɡ/.
What does trig mean?: True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
Where does trig come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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