TRIPE
Dictionary entry overview: What does tripe mean?
• TRIPE (noun)
The noun TRIPE has 2 senses:
1. lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food
2. nonsensical talk or writing
Familiarity information: TRIPE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRIPE (noun)
Meaning:
Lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("tripe" is a kind of...):
organs; variety meat (edible viscera of a butchered animal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tripe"):
honeycomb tripe (lining of the reticulum (or second stomach) of a ruminant used as food)
Meaning:
Nonsensical talk or writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
codswallop; folderol; trumpery; applesauce; rubbish; tripe; wish-wash; trash
Hypernyms ("tripe" is a kind of...):
drivel; garbage (a worthless message)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
