See Also: trig(medicine)
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18-wheeler (oh) and trig(1) (iou)


18-wheeler (oh)



n [C] AmE
a very large truck (=vehicle that carries goods on roads)
which has 18 wheels, used especially for moving goods over long distances

trig(1) (iou)



trig adjective1. ME.
[Old Norse tryggr = Gothic triggws true, faithful: see TRUE adjective. Cf. TRIG verb1.]
True, faithful; trustworthy, trusty. Now Scot. & north. ME.
Active, nimble, brisk, alert. Scot. L15.
Trim, tidy, neat; esp. (of a person) spruce, smart, well-dressed. Chiefly arch., Scot. & dial. E16.
Century Magazine The stylish gait..of the trig little body who wore them.
Orig., strong, sound, well. Later, firm, steady. obsolete exc. Scot. E18.
Prim, precise, exact. Freq. derog. rare. L18.
Full, distended, tightly stuffed. dial. E19.
trigly adverb E18.
trigness noun E19.