- trice
- See: IN A FLASH also IN A TRICE.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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Trice — Trice, n. [Sp. tris the noise made by the breaking of glass, an instant, en un tris in an instant; probably of imitative origin.] A very short time; an instant; a moment; now used only in the phrase in a trice. With a trice. Turbervile. On a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trice — * Trice (surname), Wikipedia pages about people named Trice. * Track Imaging Cherenkov Experiment (TrICE), a cosmic ray telescope at Argonne National Laboratory. * [http://trice.semsol.org/ Trice] is a web development framework that uses RDF… … Wikipedia
trice — [traıs] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: trice pull (14 15 centuries), from trice to pull (14 21 centuries), from Middle Dutch trisen] in a trice BrE old fashioned very quickly or soon ▪ He should be here in a trice … Dictionary of contemporary English
Trice — Trice, v. t. [OE. trisen; of Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Sw. trissa a sheave, pulley, triss a spritsail brace, Dan. tridse a pulley, tridse to haul by means of a pulley, to trice, LG. trisse a pulley, D. trijsen to hoist.] [Written also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trice — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Obie Trice (* 1977), afro amerikanischer Rapper Roderick Trice, (*1984), US amerikanischer Basketballspieler Walter Trice (1948–2009), US amerikanischer Backgammon Spieler und Autor … Deutsch Wikipedia
trice — ware ► NOUN (in phrase in a trice) ▪ in a moment; very quickly. ORIGIN originally as a trice in the sense «a tug», also «an instant»: from Dutch tr sen pull sharply … English terms dictionary
trice — [trīs] vt. triced, tricing [ME trisen < MDu, to pull, hoist < trise, windlass, roller] to haul up (a sail, etc.) and secure with a small line: usually with up n. [< at a trice, with one pull] a very short time; instant; moment: now only… … English World dictionary
trice — [ traıs ] noun in a trice LITERARY very quickly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trice — late 14c., haul up and fasten with a rope (v.), from M.Du. trisen hoist, from trise pulley, of unknown origin. Hence at a tryse (mid 15c.) in a very short time, lit. at a single pluck or pull. The Middle Dutch word is the source of Du. trijsen to … Etymology dictionary
trice — ama·trice; can·ta·trice; cic·a·trice; cock·a·trice; di·rec·trice; fric·a·trice; gen·trice; me·di·a·trice; res·tau·ra·trice; trice; in·ter·loc·u·trice; … English syllables
-trice — ⇒ EUR2/ EUSE, (A)TEUR/ (A)TRICE, ( TEUR, ATEUR, TRICE, ATRICE)suff. Suff. formant des noms d agents. I. eur, euse. [La base est en gén. un verbe, parfois un subst.] A. Le subst. dérivé (souvent adjectivable) désigne une personne. 1. Il désigne la … Encyclopédie Universelle
