Associations to the word «Trig»

Wiktionary

TRIG, adjective. (now chiefly dialectal) True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
TRIG, adjective. (now chiefly dialectal) Safe; secure.
TRIG, adjective. (now chiefly dialectal) Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
TRIG, adjective. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
TRIG, adjective. (now chiefly dialectal) Active; clever.
TRIG, noun. (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
TRIG, noun. (uncountable) trigonometry.
TRIG, noun. (countable) (informal) A trigonometric point.
TRIG, noun. (UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
TRIG, verb. (transitive) To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
TRIG, verb. To fill; to stuff; to cram.
TRIG POINT, noun. (British) A fixed pillar with a metal housing for a theodolite on the top of a high point in the landscape; originally used for making Ordnance Survey maps.
TRIG POINTS, noun. Plural of trig point

Dictionary definition

TRIG, noun. The mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions.
TRIG, adjective. Neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard".

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.