Trig

Quick meaning: Trig is an adjective meaning True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.

Meaning

True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.

More Meanings

1. Safe; secure.
2. Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
3. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
4. Active; clever.
5. (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
6. (uncountable, informal) Trigonometry.
7. (surveying, countable, informal) A trig point.

Example Sentences

we possess of pig's skin and stirrups to keep them square and trig

By how much more a mans skin is full treg'd with flesh, blood and natural Spirits.

Aye, the Chicopee, a fine-un, she were. Clean-built and trig-lookin’! None more fleet in ‘64 than she.

You might as well smite that saw with your fist ; you might as well put a trig under the dam and stop it, as to practise on him

Word Forms

• trigger
• triggest
• trigs
• trigging
• trigged

Synonyms for trig

Depending on context, synonyms include trim, tidy, trigonometry, clean-cut.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tidy, clean-cut, trim, trigonometry, neat, spruce.

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