TRICE
Dictionary entry overview: What does trice mean?
• TRICE (noun)
The noun TRICE has 1 sense:
1. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
Familiarity information: TRICE used as a noun is very rare.
• TRICE (verb)
The verb TRICE has 2 senses:
1. raise with a line
2. hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
Familiarity information: TRICE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRICE (noun)
Meaning:
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
blink of an eye; wink; twinkling; trice; split second; New York minute; jiffy; instant; heartbeat; flash
Context example:
if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
Hypernyms ("trice" is a kind of...):
bit; minute; moment; second (an indefinitely short time)
• TRICE (verb)
Meaning:
Raise with a line
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
trice; trice up
Context example:
trice a window shade
Hypernyms (to "trice" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
trice; trice up
Hypernyms (to "trice" is one way to...):
hoist; lift; wind (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
