Trig

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /tɹɪɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

From Middle English trig, tryg, Old Norse tryggr ("loyal, faithful, true"), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz ("loyal, faithful, true"). Cognate with Old English trēowe ("faithful, loyal, true"). More at true.

Full definition of trig

Adjective

1. (now chiefly dialectal) True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Safe; secure.
3. (now chiefly dialectal) Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
4. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
• Brit. Quart. Rev.To sit on a horse square and trig.
• 1973, Newsweek 1973, April 16thThe torture stories seemed incongruent with the men telling them – a trim, trig lot who, given a few pounds more flesh, might have stepped right out of a recruiting poster.
5. (now chiefly dialectal) Active; clever.

Noun

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.

Abbreviation of trigonometry.

Noun

1. (uncountable) trigonometry.
2. (countable, informal) A trigonometric point.

See trigger.

Noun

1. (UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.

Verb

1. (transitive) To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.

Compare Danish trykke ("to press").

Verb

1. To fill; to stuff; to cram.

Anagrams

• girt
• grit, Grit