- neat or spruce
- to make or become trim or spruce
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trig1 (trig),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
trig2 (trig),USA pronunciationadj., v., trigged, trig•ging.
adj. [Chiefly Brit.]
v.t.
trig ′ness, n.
trig3 (trig),USA pronunciationv., trigged, trig•ging, n.
v.t. [Dial.]
n.
trig.,
- trigonometry.
- by shortening
trig2 (trig),USA pronunciation
adj. [Chiefly Brit.]
- neat, trim, smart, or spruce.
- in good physical condition;
sound;
well.
v.t.
- [Chiefly Brit. Dial.]to make trim, smart, etc. (often fol. by up or out).
- Old Norse tryggr loyal, safe; cognate with Gothic triggws true, faithful. See true
- 1150–1200 for earlier sense; 1505–15 for def. 1.; Middle English trigg true, trusty
- 1. tidy, orderly.
trig3 (trig),USA pronunciation
v.t. [Dial.]
- to support or prop, as with a wedge.
- to act as a check on (the moving of wheels, vehicles, etc.).
n.
- a wedge or block used to prevent a wheel, cask, or the like, from rolling.
- Old Norse tryggja to make fast, secure
- 1585–95
trig.,
- trigonometric.
- trigonometrical.
- trigonometry.
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trig /trɪɡ/ archaic or dialect adj
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trig. abbreviation for
- trigonometrical
- trigonometry
'trig' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
trig.
- trig point
- arc cosecant
- arc cosine
- arc cotangent
- arc secant
- arc sine
- arc tangent
- cot
- cotangent
- CSC
- ctn
- hair trigger
- inverse cosecant
- inverse cosine
- inverse cotangent
- inverse secant
- inverse sine
- inverse tangent
- tan
- tangent
- taut
- tray
- trigamy
- trig function
- trigger finger
- trigger mechanism
- trigonal
- trigonal trisoctahedron
- trigonometric equation
- trigonometric function
- trigonometric series
- trigonometry
- trim
- vers.
- versed sine
- versine
- sec
- secant
- sin
- sine