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tripy

tripy adjective: resembling or characteristic of tripe.

Adjective

tripy (comparative tripier, superlative tripiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of tripe.
    • a tripy colour
    Synonyms:
    tripelike
  2. (informal) Bad; worthless.
    • tripy crime fiction

Synonyms of tripy

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Forms of tripy

comparativetripier
superlativetripiest
alternative formtripey

Origin of tripy

From tripe + -y.

Questions about tripy

What does tripy mean?
Tripy means resembling or characteristic of tripe.
What part of speech is tripy?
Tripy is an adjective.

Words near tripy in the dictionary

  1. tripus
  2. tripwire
  3. tripwired
  4. tripwires
  5. tripwiring
  6. tripy
  7. tripyridyl
  8. triquadrantal
  9. triquark
  10. triquarks
  11. triquarterly

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