Trig

adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful. dialectal
  2. 2
    Safe; secure. dialectal
  3. 3
    Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health. dialectal

    "Aye, the Chicopee, a fine-un, she were. Clean-built and trig-lookin’! None more fleet in ‘64 than she..."

  4. 4
    Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart. dialectal

    "we possess of pig's skin and stirrups to keep them square and trig"

  5. 5
    Active; clever. dialectal
Adjective
  1. 1
    neat and smart in appearance wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A dandy; coxcomb. dialectal
  2. 2
    Trigonometry. dialectal, informal, uncountable
  3. 3
    A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. UK, dialectal

    "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"

  4. 4
    Triglyceride. dialectal, informal
  5. 5
    A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae. dialectal
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  1. 6
    the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions wordnet
  2. 7
    A trig point. countable, dialectal, informal
  3. 8
    The mark for players at skittles, etc. dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid. dialectal, transitive
  2. 2
    To fill; to stuff; to cram. dialectal

    "By how much more a mans skin is full treg'd with flesh, blood and natural Spirits."

Etymology

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 trīewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

Clipping of trigonometry.

Etymology 4

See trigger.

Etymology 5

See trigger.

Etymology 6

Compare Danish trykke (“to press”).

Etymology 7

Clipping.

Etymology 8

Clipping.

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