trig

Meanings

Adjective

• True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
• Safe; secure.
• Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
• Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
• Active; clever.

Noun

• A dandy; coxcomb.
• Trigonometry.
• A trigonometric point, trig point.
• 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.
• triglyceride

Verb

• To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
• To fill; to stuff; to cram.

Origin

• From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr ("loyal, faithful, true"), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz ("loyal, faithful, true"). Cognate with Old English trīewe ("faithful, loyal, true"). More at true.
• See trigger.
• Compare Danish trykke ("to press").
• Clipping.