adj. Smart and trim, as in appearance; neat: a trig beard. tr.v. trigged, trig·ging, trigs To make trim or neat, especially in dress: "Loudon even trigged himself up in camel-colored topcoat and snap-brim hat" (Ivan Doig). [Middle English, true, from Old Norse tryggr, loyal, true; see deru- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] trigly adv. trigness n. |
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tr.v. trigged, trig·ging, trigs To stop (a wheel) from rolling, as with a wedge. [Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tryggr, firm; see TRIG1.] |
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n. Trigonometry. |
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