trice
pronunciation
How to pronounce trice in British English:
UK [traɪs]
How to pronounce trice in American English:
US [traɪs]
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- Noun:
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
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- Verb:
- raise with a line
- hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
Word Origin
- trice (v.)
- late 14c., "haul up and fasten with a rope," from Middle Dutch trisen "hoist," from trise "pulley," of unknown origin. Hence at a tryse (mid-15c.) "in a very short time," literally "at a single pluck or pull." The Middle Dutch word is the source of Dutch trijsen "to hoist" and is cognate with Middle Low German trissen (source of Danish trisse, German triezen); its ultimate origin is unknown.
Example
- 1. The subtle alchemist that in a trice
- 2. In a trice , we were back in the lorry and on our way .
- 3. China could buy all of the outstanding sovereign debt of spain , ireland , portugal and greece , solving the euro area 's debt crisis in a trice .
- 4. I 'll make you decent in a trice .
- 5. He just made sure of his trice .