Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trip tic

/ˈtɹɪp.tɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: trip tic
IPA: /ˈtɹɪp.tɪk/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A map, with the route to follow highlighted.

Example Sentences

"Their guide will also consult an index card file in the map room, known as the "trip tics" file."
"When they read two books and turned in a written report they were given a trip tic for the next town (including information about the town with Scripture references) and a dot was placed on the map to indicate that they had visited there."
"He says Your Word, God I have laid before me--- kind of like the treasure map or the trip tic of my life."
"Every team needs a mission. This mission may or may not come with a handy "plan" or highlighted "trip-tic" attached. they're going."

Etymology

Likely a genericized form of AAA's TripTik travel planners, developed in 1937; the original product may be a pun on triptych or a shortened form of trip ticket.

Inflected Forms

trip tics (plural)

Homonyms

triptych tryptic triptyque

Rhymes With

cryptic triptych ecliptic diptych tryptic styptic glyptic anaglyptic lithotriptic triptyque holocryptic chymotryptic

Questions

How do you pronounce trip tic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɪp.tɪk/.
What does trip tic mean?: A map, with the route to follow highlighted.
Where does trip tic come from?: Likely a genericized form of AAA's TripTik travel planners, developed in 1937; the original product may be a pun on triptych or a shortened form of trip ticket.

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