trife
/tɹaɪf/
trife noun: a trivial matter or matters.
Noun
trife (uncountable)
- A trivial matter or matters.
- Trife is trife even, in a reform synagogue.1991, Richard M. Elman, Tar Beach, page 259
- l thought niggahs was trife, but bitches ain't no joke.2003, Ed McNair, My Time to Shine: A Novel, page 232
Adjective
trife (comparative more trife, superlative most trife)
- Unforgiveable; reprehensible.
- Okay, you wanna act trife and flip the script / With your Wonderama drama slash coma riff.1991, Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth, Mecca and the Soul Brother
- My life is as trife as your favorite rap record.2002, Atmosphere, Onemosphere
Examples of trife in a sentence
- You may refurbish your life But, you can't avoid trife2014, The Hidden Stairwell, page 138:
- He bought her that drug, Satan's so trife, Now she addicted to the needle, A friend done ruined her life,2008, Tyrone Purcell Roundtree Sr., Soapbox, page 35:
- Just get out of my crib with your trife ass!2012, Braya Spice, Dear Drama:
Forms of trife
| comparative | more trife |
|---|---|
| superlative | most trife |
Origin of trife
A conceptual and phonetic blend of tripe and trifle
Words that rhyme with trife
- life
- fife
- knife
- strife
- rife
- wife
- Dutch wife
- high on life
- within an inch of one's life
- bag for life
- God's life
- gold star wife
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Questions about trife
- What does trife mean?
- Trife means a trivial matter or matters.
- How do you use trife in a sentence?
- You may refurbish your life But, you can't avoid trife
- What part of speech is trife?
- Trife can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce trife?
- Trife is pronounced /tɹaɪf/.
Words near trife in the dictionary
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