Trig

Definition: Trig

Trig

Adjective

1. (of persons) neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap".

Noun

1. The mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "trig" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references)

Slang in 1811

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Synonyms: Trig

Beauty

Goodly, dapper, tight, jimp; gimp; janty, jaunty; trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy,neat, spruce, smart, tricksy.

Cleanness

Adjective: clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, taintless; trig; without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut.

Crosswords: Trig

You mean you got the Galactic Trig to set up an 800 light year transporter beam just because you changed your mind (The Tomorrow People; writing credit: Brian Finch)

I made a 74 on a trig quiz (Ordinary People; writing credit: Judith Guest; Alvin Sargent)

Gosh I was awful at trig. (Ordinary People; writing credit: Judith Guest; Alvin Sargent)

I've got a trig midterm tomorrow, and I'm being chased by Guido the killer pimp (Risky Business; writing credit: Paul Brickman)

Terrific! I've got a trig mid-term tommorrow, and I'm being chased by Guido the killer pimp (Risky Business; writing credit: Paul Brickman.)

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Books

• Algebra and Trig Book 2/Grade 11 (2-12730) (reference)

• Intermediate Algebra: Graphing & Charles Cc Trig Pkg (reference)

• Log and Trig Tables (reference)

• SM Coll Alg & Trig (reference)

• Ssm - Calculus: Late Trig Version (reference)

  (more book examples)

Consumer Goods

• Calculated Industries 4075 Trig Plus III Calculator (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Expressions using "trig": trig control ♦ trig out ♦ trig point ♦ trig up. Additional references.

Beginning with "trig": trig-point.

Albanian

i rregullt (above board, correct, done, even, formal, frequent, habitual, honest, just, licit, measured, neat, normal, on the level, orderly, regular, right, steady, systematic, systematical, tidy, trim), i pastër (absolute, chaste, childlike, clean, clean-handed, cleanly, clear, dapper, fair, innocent, neat, net, new, orderly, potty-trained, pure, refined, simon-pure, snug, spotless, sterling, tidy, unadulterated, unblended, unimpeachable, unwritten, virgin, virginal, well groomed, white), elegant (chic, courtly, dainty, dashing, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, gallant, genteel, high-toned, modish, nifty, Nobby, silk stocking, Spruce, stylish, willowy), astar për rrotë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قوي (able bodied, acute, athletic, brawny, burly, forceful, forcible, full-bodied, furious, generous, hardy, hearty, heavy duty, husky, incorrodible, intense, intensive, keen, lively, lusty, manly, mighty, muscular, pithy, potent, powered, powerful, precious, pronounced, reliable, robust, rude, sledge hammer, spanking, staunch, stern, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, telling, tight, tough, vehement, vigorous, violent, virtuous, vivid, youthful), ‏علم حساب المثلثات. (various references)

Bulgarian 

стегнат (close-textured, compact, concise, crisp, firm, natty, neat, rakish, sailorly, serried, sinewy, soldierlike, soldierly, spiffing, spiffy, taut, tidy, tight, tricksy, trim, well groomed), спъвам (beset, clog, cramp, embarrass, entangle, fetter, hinder, hobble, impede, interfere, preclude, prevent, prohibit, retard, set back, shackle, short circuit, snag, snub, tie, trammel), спретнат (dapper, dinky, prim, rakish, sailorly, smart, smug, snug, tidy, tight, tricksy, trim, well groomed), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, withhold), тригонометрия (trigonometry), задържам (apprehend, arrest, can, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, immobilize, inhibit, keep, keep away, keep back, keep down, occlude, press back, reserve, restrain, retain), издокаран (in full rig, pansy, spiffing, spiffy, trim). (various references)

Chinese 

�"�油三酸酯 (triglyceride). (various references)

Czech

zarazit (hammer in, pull back, shut off), překážka (balk, bar, barrier, blockage, fence, hamper, hazard, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, jump, obstacle, obstruction, resistance, restriction, roadblock, rub, snag), fešný (Spruce). (various references)

Danish

trigonometrisk punkt (triangulation point, trig point, trigonometrical point, trio point), trigonometrisk netværk (field control, trig control, trigonometrical net, trigonometrical network), trianguleret position (triangulation station, trig point), planfikspunktsregister (basic trig data). (various references)

Dutch

triangulatiepunt (triangulation point, trig point, trigonometrical point, trio point), register van driehoekspunten (basic trig data), driehoekspunt (triangulation point, trig point, trigonometrical point, trio point). (various references)

Farsi 

فعال (Active, Astir, Energetic, Pragmatic, Smacker, Spirituous, Strenuous), منبسط, چهارنعل رفتن (Course, Gallop), قابل اعتماد (Authentic, Calculable, Trustworthy, Trusty), وفادار (Constant, Leal, Loyal, Stanch, Staunchstanch), تروتمیز (Prissy, Shipshape, Trim), سرحال (Cheery, Game, Jink, Peppy, Pert, Vascular, Wholesome), علامت گذاشتن (Mark), خندق (Ditch, Graft, Moat, Sike, Trench), خودارا, خطشروع مسابقه , شیک (Chic, Dapper, Dinky, Scrumptious, Smart, Snappy, Stylish, Suave, Swell), دویدن (Leap, Race, Run). (various references)

Finnish

tasokiintopisterekisteri (basic trig data), kolmiopiste (triangulation point, trig point, trigonometrical point, trio point). (various references)

French

trigonométrie (trigonometry), robuste. (various references)

German

Trigonometrie (trigonometry), steif (erect, formal, hard, prim, primly, rigid, starched, starchily, starchy, stiff, stiffly, stilted, stoutly, strained, strong, stuffily, stuffy, taut, tautly, wooden), schmuck (adornment, array, decoration, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonments, jewellery, jewelry, natty, neat, ornament, ornamentation, panoply, saucy, smart, Spruce, sprucely, tidy, trappings, trim, trinket), sauber (accurate, choice, clean, clean-cut, cleanly, crisp, fair, fresh, honest, housebroken, neat, neatly, nice, pretty, pure, ready, tidy, trim, unpolluted, unsoiled, upstanding), nett gekleidet, kräftig (able bodied, athletic, big, bold, brawny, burly, effectual, firm, florid, forceful, fresh, full, Hale, hard, Hardy, healthy, heartily, hearty, heftily, hefty, husky, keen, loud, loudly, lustily, lusty, massive, nourishing, powerful, powerfully, puissant, rich, robust, robustly, solid, sound, stalwart, strong, strongly, sturdily, sturdy, substantial, upstanding, vigorous, violent, violently, vivid), hemmen (check, choke, clam, clog, delay, frustrate, hamper, hinder, inhibit, limit, obstruct, restrain, slow down, staunch, stem, stop, stunt, to inhibit), gesund (able bodied, daffy, fit, fresh, Hale, healthful, healthy, invigorating, nonhazardous, nonvenomous, robust, ruddy, salubrious, salubriously, salutarily, salutary, sanely, solid, sound, strong, well, wholesome), formell (formal, formally, official). (various references)

Greek 

κομψόσ (bijou, chic, comely, dainty, dapper, debonair, dressy, elegant, fancy, fine, jaunty, natty, neat, nifty, posh, pretty, prim, quaint, rakish, smart, spark plug, sparkish, spiffy, stylish, trim, well groomed), σταματώ (arrest, balk, belay, cease, check, cheese, come to a halt, detain, draw up, give over, grind to a halt, grind to a standstill, halt, hang on, knock off, pause, pull up, put pay to, quit, roll to a halt, stall, stay, stop, waste), εμπόδιο (barrier, block, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, obtrusion, stumbling block, trammel), εμποδίζω (bar, block, clog, cross, cumber, deter, embarrass, encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent, stunt, stymie, thwart, trammel). (various references)

Hebrew 

טרי�'ו� ומטרי�" (trigonometry). (various references)

Hungarian

takaros (dapper, dinky, natty, neat, picked, proper, Spruce, tidy, tricksy, trim), megköt (conclude, cord, knit up, skid, strike up, tie, to belay, to clench, to clinch, to conclude, to consolidate, to get hard, to harden, to knit up, to lace, to lash, to strike up, to tie, transact), kerékkötõ (marplot, skid), csinos (bonnie, bonny, compt, crackajack, crackerjack, crummy, cunning, cute, dolly, easy on the eye, easy to look at, foxy, good looking, handsome, have good looks, natty, neat, nice-looking, nifty, personable, pretty, proper, seemly, she's got it, sightly, Spruce, tidy, tight, tricksy). (various references)

Italian

zeppa (platform, wedge), lindo (clean, neat, spick and span, tidy, unsoiled). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

正弦 (sine trig). (various references)

Manx

cur jeenys da, cur bac da. (various references)

Pig Latin

igtray.(various references)

Portuguese

trigonometria (trigonometry), vestir com esmero, janota (chappy, cock-a-hoop, coxcomb, dandy, dapper, dude, fop, swell, toff), firmar com calço, escorar (prop, stake, strut, sustain, underpin, underset), elegante (attic, beau, brave, braw, cheesy, chic, dainty, dandy, dapper, dink, dinky, elegant, fashionable, feat, fetching, flossy, gentlemanly, graceful, handsome, informed, jimp, knowing, ladylike, light, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, pasta, polished, polite, posh, silk stocking, slim, smart, spicy, spruce, stylish, tasteful, tasty, tony, trim), calçar (boot, pave, put on, shim, skid, underlay, wear), bem-posto, bem vestido (braw, silk stocking, spruce, trim, well-dressed), ajanotar. (various references)

Russian 

щеголь (beau, coxcomb, fop, Jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, swaggerer), тригонометрический (trigonometric, trigonometrical), крепкий (able bodied, beefy, burly, copper-bottomed, fast, firm, generous, hard, hearty, knitted, lusty, oaky, rocky, rugged, solid, stiff, strong, sturdy, tenacious, unbeaten, wakeless, well-built, well-set), опрятный (clean, clean-cut, dapper, natty, neat, tidy), нарядный (dinky, natty, nutty, spick and span, spruce). (various references)

Scottish

cruinneag (tight lassie). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

trigonometrija (trigonometry), hitar (agile, expeditious, fast, light-heeled, light-legged, nippy, quick, rangy, rash), doteran (groomed, polished, sleek, spruce, straight out, tricksy, trim, trimmed, well groomed). (various references)

Spanish

trigonometría (trigonometry), acicalado (natty, neat, smart, soigne, Spruce, well groomed). (various references)

Swedish

triangelpunkt (triangulation point, trig point, trigonometrical point, trio point), stompunktsregister (basic trig data). (various references)

Turkish

trigonometri (trigonometry), temiz giyimli (neat, smug), tekere taş koymak, şık (alternative, chic, choice, classy, dandyish, dapper, dashing, doggy, dressy, elegant, fashionable, flash, go-go, in the ton, jaunty, mod, nifty, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, sleek, smart, smooth, smug, snappy, snazzy, spicy, spiffing, spiffy, sporty, streamlined, stylish, swagger, swanky, swell, swish, thoroughbred, tidy, tonish, up-market). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chỉnh tề (trim), bảnh bao gọn g� ng. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "trig": trigeminal, trigeminals, trigged, trigger, triggered, triggerfish, triggerfishes, triggering, triggerman, triggermen, triggers, triggest, trigging, trigly, triglyceride, triglycerides, triglyph, triglyphic, triglyphical, triglyphs, trigness, trignesses, trigo, trigon, trigonal, trigonally, trigonometric, trigonometrical, trigonometrically, trigonometries, trigonometry, trigons, trigos, trigram, trigrams, trigraph, trigraphic, trigraphs, trigs. (additional references)

Words containing "trig": intrigant, intrigants, intriguant, intriguants, intrigue, intrigued, intriguer, intriguers, intrigues, intriguing, intriguingly, outintrigue, outintrigued, outintrigues, outintriguing, outrigger, outriggers, outright, outrightly, strigil, strigils, strigose. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Trig" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: drigg, grigg, orig, strig, taig, Tarigo, tbig, teig, teige, thig, thrig, tir, tirg, Tirga, tirge, tirr, tirv, toig, torag, Torrigay, traf, trag, traig, traj, trang, trav, treg, Trega, Trego, trev, trib, tric, trid, trieg, trif, trige, trigo, trigy, trin, tring, Tringo, triq, trit, triu, triv, triw, trix, triz, trkig, trog, trogl, truv, tryg, Trygg, tryi, tryng, tryr, tti, tyrg. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: girt, grit.

-1 letter: git, rig.

-2 letters: it, ti.

+1 letter: girth, girts, grift, griot, gript, grist, grith, grits, right, tiger, tragi, trigo, trigs.

+2 letters: aigret, aright, begirt, bright, engirt, fright, gaiter, girted, girths, goiter, goitre, gratin, gratis, grifts, griots, grists, griths, gritty, grivet, guitar, rating, regilt, righto, rights, righty, string, taring, tigers, tiring, tragic, triage, trigly, trigon, trigos, truing, trying, tugrik, turgid, tyring, ungirt, upgirt, wright.