Meaning

7 senses

  1. (dialectal)A dandy; coxcomb.

  2. (dialectal, informal, uncountable)Trigonometry.

  3. (countable, dialectal, informal)A trig point.

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

  5. (dialectal)The mark for players at skittles, etc.

  6. (dialectal, informal)Triglyceride.

  7. (dialectal)A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.

More definitions
  • the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Prot

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.

Clipping of trigonometry.

See trigger.

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Forms

plural: trigs
Singulartrig
Pluraltrigs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions:trigonometry

Word family

2 related words
Derivedtrig identitytrig pillar

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tricycletriertrifleC2triggerB1trigonometrictrigonometry
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