trice
Plural: trices
Noun
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
- A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).
Verb
Verb Forms: triced, tricing, trices
- To haul or hoist up with a rope.
- raise with a line
- "trice a window shade"
- hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
- To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
- To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.
Examples
- He managed to "TRICE" the rare ’Q’ tile from the bag on his first draw.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice up, twinkling, wink, New York second, bat of an eye, bit, crack, eyeblink, glimpse, half a mo, jiff, jot, minute, mo, moment, no time, sec, second, span, split-second, spurt, stound, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, while
Scrabble Score: 7
trice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtrice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
trice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary