Trice

//tɹaɪs//

Synonyms for "trice" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(9 words)

blink of an eye flash instant jiffy new york minute twinkling bat of an eye bit crack

blink of eye breath coup crack

Strong matches (18)

Noun(7 words)

eyeblink glimpse half a mo heartbeat jiff jot minute

flash half a jiffy half a mo half a second half a shake instant jiff jiffy microsecond millisecond minute

Related words (30)

Noun(16 words)

mo moment new york second no time sec second span split second split-second spurt stound tick twink twinkle while wink

moment sec second shake split second stroke tick twink twinkle twinkling twitch two shakes wink

Verb(1 words)

trice up

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

12 entries

bit bring up elevate get up hoist lift minute mo moment raise second wind

Synonyms

1 entries

blink of eye

derived

1 entries

trice up

etymologically related_to

2 entries

trend trindle

has context

1 entries

nautical

manner of

2 entries

hoist raise

related to

5 entries

moment pulley sharply tie up windlass

Translations

16 translations across 6 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

миг noun (very short time)
момент noun (very short time)
дърпам verb (to drag or haul, especially with a rope)
привързвам verb (to haul or hoist and tie up)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

瞬间 noun (very short time)

Czech

2 entries

mžik noun (very short time)
okamžik noun (very short time)

Dutch

4 entries

oogwenk noun (very short time)
ophalen verb (to haul or hoist and tie up)
optrekken verb (to pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply — see also pull)
optrekken verb (to haul or hoist and tie up)

Romanian

2 entries

clipită noun (very short time)
moment noun (very short time)

Russian

1 entries

миг noun (very short time)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The tent is made of light, close, unbleached duck, […] A window, six inches square, is fitted at the upper end with a flap to trice up or haul down.

Source: wiktionary

... the fold of his double chin hung like a bag triced up close under the hinge of his jaw.

Source: wiktionary

One of the two men landed had shot and wounded the mate, and the other, known as "Doublin Jack," had knocked the second mate down with a handspike. Captain Low put both these men in irons, triced them up in the mizzen rigging, and gave them each four dozen lashes of ratline stuff, which they had well earned.

Source: wiktionary

Miſtruſtfully he truſteth, and he dreadingly did dare, / And fortie paſſions in a trice in him conſort and ſquare.

Source: wiktionary

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