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Tripod

//ˈtɹaɪpɑd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A three-legged stand or mount.

    "Recent cell phones offer tripod attachments to take steady photographs."

  2. 2
    a three-legged rack used for support wordnet
  3. 3
    A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
  4. 4
    A man with macrophallism. slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress. intransitive

    "I tripodded after my 6-mile run."

  2. 2
    Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.

Etymology 2

PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.

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