trice

trice meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

Examples of trice in a sentence

• Captain Low put both these men in irons, triced them up in the mizzen rigging, and gave them each four dozen lashes of ratline stuff, which they had well earned.1911, Arthur H[amilton] Clark, “California Clippers of 1852—The ‘Sovereign of the Seas’”, in The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous...
• He saw a Turnkey in a trice / Unfetter a troublesome blade;1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London...
• And in a trice he has clambered onto the kitchen dresser and is reaching for the top shelf.2013, J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, chapter 22, in The Childhood of Jesus, Melbourne, Vic.: The Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 220:
• Of terrified young people who in a trice went from dancing to frantic running in a futile attempt to escape the spray of bullets; […]2023 October 14, Simon Schama, “Let us be, to grieve, rage, weep; say the mourners’ kaddish”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times...

Synonyms of trice

• instant
• jiffy
• bat of an eye
• bit
• blink of an eye
• eyeblink
• flash
• half a mo
• jiff
• minute

All synonyms of trice

Forms of trice

Origin of trice

From Middle English trīcen, trice, trise (“to pull or push; to snatch away; to steal”), from Middle Dutch trīsen (“to hoist”) (modern Dutch trijsen) or Middle Low German trissen (“to trice the spritsail”); further etymology uncertain. The word is cognate with Danish trisse, tridse (“to haul with a pulley”), Low German trissen, tryssen, drisen, drysen (“to wind up, trice”), German trissen, triezen (“to annoy or torment”).

From Middle English trīce, trise, in the phrase at a trīce (“with a single, quick motion; at once”, literally “with a pull or jerk”), later also in the phrases in a trice, on a trice, and with a trice. The word is ultimately from Middle English trīcen: see etymology 1 above.

From Middle English trīce, tryys, tryyst, from Middle Dutch trīse, trijs (modern Dutch trijs (“hoisting-block, pulley, windlass”)) or Middle Low German trīsse, trītse (“hoisting-rope, tackle”); probably related to the verb trice (see etymology 1 above), and perhaps to Old English tryndel (“roller, wheel”) (see further at trend, trindle). The English word is cognate with Danish tridse, trisse (“pulley”), Low German trissel (“dizziness; whirling”), German trieze (“crane; pulley”), Norwegian triss (“pulley”), Swedish trissa (“pulley, truckle”).

Words formed from trice

• trice up
• untrice

Words that rhyme with trice

• slice
• ice
• nice
• device
• rice
• sacrifice
• spice
• advice
• Brice
• splice
• on ice
• price

Questions about trice

What does trice mean?

Trice means to pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.

What is trice in Tamil?

Trice in Tamil is அதே நேரத்தில், கணப்பொழுது. See Trice meaning in Tamil.

How do you use trice in a sentence?

Captain Low put both these men in irons, triced them up in the mizzen rigging, and gave them each four dozen lashes of ratline stuff, which they had well earned.

What part of speech is trice?

Trice can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce trice?

Trice is pronounced /tɹaɪs/.

What is the past tense of trice?

The past tense of trice is triced.