Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

    Kutteln, Kaldaunen

    рубе́цrubéc

    рубе́цьrubécʹ

    lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food

  2. (in the plural, uncountable, usually)The entrails; (by extension, humorous or derogatory) the belly.

  3. (derogatory, figuratively, uncountable, usually)Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).

    Schund, Mumpitz

    чепуха́čepuxá, ерунда́jerundá, вздорvzdor

  4. (uncountable, usually)An edible lichen, especially rock tripe.

    Eingeweide

    требуха́trebuxá

    те́льбухtélʹbux, тре́бухtrébux

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Do you really expect me to swallow this tripe?

  2. I haven't seen any vegan tripe, but I haven't really been looking, either.

  3. I don't eat tripe.

  4. It's a bunch of tripe.

  5. Then a little flesh from the tripe of an old cow is served up, but boiled fifteen days before.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
stomach lining of animal for food:
entrails — see also entrails, offal:
Русский
By meaning 3
stomach lining of animal for food:
something valueless:
entrails — see also entrails, offal:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
stomach lining of animal for food:
something valueless:
entrails — see also entrails, offal:

Origin

From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possib

From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possibly borrowed from Spanish tripa.

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Forms

plural: tripes
Singulartripe

uncountable

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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