English

Adjective

trig ‎(comparative trigger, superlative triggest)

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.
   • British Quarterly Review (1845-1866)

     To sit on a horse square and trig.

   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IX”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].

   • 1973, Newsweek, April 16

     The [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.

Translations

Noun

trig ‎(plural trigs)

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of trigonometry.

Noun

trig ‎(countable and uncountable, plural trigs)

1. (uncountable) Trigonometry.
2. (surveying, countable, informal) A trigonometric point, trig point.

Etymology 3

See trigger.

Noun

trig ‎(plural trigs)

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

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Verb

trig ‎(third-person singular simple present trigs, present participle trigging, simple past and past participle trigged)

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

Etymology 4

Compare Danish trykke ‎(“to press”).

Verb

trig ‎(third-person singular simple present trigs, present participle trigging, simple past and past participle trigged)

1. To fill; to stuff; to cram.

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Anagrams

• girt
• grit, Grit

Old English

Alternative forms

• treġ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *trugaz, *trugą, *truh-, *trauh-, *trawją, from Proto-Indo-European *drAuk(')- ‎(“a type of vessel”). Akin to Old English trōg ‎(“trough”).

Noun

triġ n

1. a wooden board with a low rim, tray.

Declension

Synonyms

• trēġ
• trog