Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Trig
User Submitted Origins
English
50%
Greek
25%
Chinese
25%
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Canada says the name Trig means "Someone who cant be stopped".
International Interest
Also see international interest
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
verb Trig
To fill; to stuff; to cram.
Etymology: Cf. Dan. trykke to press, Sw. trycka
adjective Trig
Full; also, trim; neat.
Etymology: Formerly written trick, akin to trick to dress
verb Trig
To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
Etymology: See Trigger
noun Trig
A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
Etymology: See Trigger
Other Dictionary Sources
- The mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
- Neat and smart in appearance ("the trig corporal in his jaunty cap")
Wiktionary
From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English trēowe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
Clipping of trigonometry
- (uncountable) Trigonometry.
- (surveying, countable, informal) A trigonometric point, trig point.
See trigger.
- (Britain) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
- The mark for players at skittles, etc.
Compare Danish trykke (“to press”).
Clipping.
- (medicine, informal) triglyceride
trig was also found in the following language(s): Old English