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trip cord

trip cord noun: a cord, line, lanyard, or wire that, when pulled, mechanically activates a device.

Noun

trip cord (plural trip cords)

  1. A cord, line, lanyard, or wire that, when pulled, mechanically activates a device.
    • Seeing the trip cord of a bouncing Betty nearby gave us cold chills, and we moved all the more slowly through the woods.
    Synonyms:
    tripline, tripwire
  2. A type of electrical extension cord: see pad.

Synonyms of trip cord

Forms of trip cord

pluraltrip cords

Questions about trip cord

What does trip cord mean?
Trip cord means a cord, line, lanyard, or wire that, when pulled, mechanically activates a device.
What part of speech is trip cord?
Trip cord is a noun.
What is the plural of trip cord?
The plural of trip cord is trip cords.

Words near trip cord in the dictionary

  1. trip balls
  2. trip bomb
  3. trip bombs
  4. trip computer
  5. trip computers
  6. trip cord
  7. trip cords
  8. trip flare
  9. trip from the tongue
  10. trip hammer
  11. trip hammers

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