trig
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• noun
Informal clipped form of trigonometry, the branch of mathematics dealing with the relations of the sides and angles of triangles.
"She spent the entire afternoon studying for her high school trig exam."
A block, stone, or wedge placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent it from rolling or moving.
"The driver wedged a wooden trig beneath the rear wheel of the cart on the steep incline."
• adjective
Neat, trim, and smartly dressed or well-kept in appearance.
"The sailors stood on the deck in their trig white uniforms."
Scottish Physically sound, active, or in good health.
"Even in his eighties, the shepherd remained remarkably trig and agile on the hills."
• verb
To stop, immobilize, or secure a wheel or vehicle by placing a wedge or block beneath it.
"He trigged the heavy wagon wheels before unhitching the horses."
To make neat, trim, or smart in appearance (often used with 'out' or 'up').
"They trigged up the old cottage with fresh paint before the summer guests arrived."
• Rhymes for trig
Word Origin & Etymology
As an adjective meaning neat or trim, the word derives from Middle English trig, borrowed from Old Norse tryggr meaning 'trustworthy, firm, or true.' As a modern noun referring to mathematics, it is a 19th-century clipped form of trigonometry.
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