Associations to the word «Tripe»

Wiktionary

TRIPE, noun. The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
TRIPE, noun. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural.
TRIPE, noun. Something disparaged as valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).
TRIPE, noun. (single-word sentence) (pejorative) that is untrue (sense 3 used with reference to sense 1, the thing being perceived as malodorous)

Dictionary definition

TRIPE, noun. Lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food.
TRIPE, noun. Nonsensical talk or writing.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats