Tribble
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɹɪbl̩/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tribble is a noun meaning A horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying paper.
Meaning
A horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying paper.
More Meanings
- A fictional alien creature in Star Trek, a fast-breeding, cooing ball of fur.
Example Sentences
They breed like tribbles, but at least they’re not terrestrial.
The Hyper-Producing Playwrights of Edmondton: Or Why Alberta’s Capital Breeds New Plays Like Tribbles.
They were like tribbles, multiplying by the dozens, cackling, giggling their maniacal joy at the game.
Scales have proliferated like tribbles in quadra-triticale: just intonations, equal temperaments, scales based on overtones, scales generated from a single interval or pair of intervals, scales without octaves, scales arising from arcane mathematical formulas, scales that reflect cosmological or religious structures, scales that "come from the heart."
Word Forms
- tribbles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thread-paper, trindle, spreadboard, wire frame, spindle, trimmer.
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