tripes

Noun

tripe (usually uncountable, plural tripes)

1. (usually) The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
   • You saw only your mother die. I see them pop off every day in the Mater and Richmond and cut up into tripes in the dissectingroom.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
2. (in plural, usually) The entrails; (by extension, humorous or derogatory) the belly.
   • Next morning Miss Dolly complained of her Tripes; / Drinking cold water had given her gripes.quoted in 2013, W. T. Fernie, Animal Simples: Approved for Modern Uses of Cure (page 352)
3. (derogatory, figuratively, usually) Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).
   • No, I'm not kidding. Professor, Broadway stands for a lot of baloney; but, it will never digest a piece of tripe like this!1932, Clarence Budington Kelland, Speak Easily, spoken by Stage Director (Sidney Toler)

   Synonyms:

   garbage, rubbish, slop, cheapie, crapola, gash, hunk of junk, load of bull, load of crap, load of shit

4. (usually) An edible lichen, especially rock tripe.

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