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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Smart and trim, as in appearance; neat.
  2. adj. Being in good condition.
  3. v. To make trim or neat, especially in dress.
  4. v. To stop (a wheel) from rolling, as with a wedge.
  5. v. To prop up; support.
  6. n. A wedge or other braking device.
  7. n. Trigonometry.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To act as an obstacle or check; act as a brake. See trig, n., 3.
  2. n. Material, such as gravel or hay, placed on a slippery declivity on a road to check the motion of a sled passing over n.
  3. n. An abbreviation of trigonometrical; of trigonometry.
  4. True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
  5. Safe; secure.
  6. Tight; firm; sound; in good condition or health.
  7. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
  8. Active; clever.
  9. n. A dandy; a coxcomb.
  10. To dress; trick: with up.
  11. To fill; stuff; cram.
  12. Full.
  13. To stop; obstruct; specifically, to skid; stop (a wheel) by putting a stone, log, or other obstacle in the way.
  14. To prop; hold up.
  15. To set a mark on, as a standing-place for the player in the game of ninepins.
  16. n. An obstacle; a prop; a skid; a brake-shoe for a wheel to ride upon in descending steep hills; a small wedge or block used to prevent a cask from rolling.
  17. n. The mark at which the player stands in the game of ninepins or bowls. Halliwell. See trig, verb, 3.
  18. To trudge; trundle along.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
  2. adj. Safe; secure.
  3. adj. Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
  4. adj. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
  5. adj. Active; clever.
  6. n. A dandy; coxcomb.
  7. n. uncountable trigonometry.
  8. n. countable, informal A trigonometric point.
  9. n. UK A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. obsolete To fill; to stuff; to cram.
  2. adj. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Full; also, trim; neat.
  3. v. To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
  4. n. engraving A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
  2. adj. neat and smart in appearance

Etymologies

  1. See trigger. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, true, from Old Norse tryggr, loyal, true. Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tryggr, firm. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “I see again his dark, manly countenance lighted up by his keen brown eyes; his Roman features; his closely curling hair; his intellectual forehead and pleasant smile, and his very neat, "trig" appearance.”

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  • “The important thing to get from this is that 'trig' has the ability to act like a hormone," said Dr. Clinton Allred, AgriLife Research nutrition scientist.”

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  • “Though the studies have not been conducted to determine recommended consumption amounts, scientists say the compound, called trigonelline or "trig," may be a factor in estrogen-dependent breast cancer but beneficial against colon cancer development.”

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  • “He added that "trig" is in coffee beans, though in different amounts depending on the variety of coffee bean.”

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  • “He said that a series of experiences and different approaches showed that "trig," a vitamin derivative, was fairly estrogenic at very low concentrations.”

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