Definitions for trice

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Spelling: [trahys]
IPA: /traɪs/

Trice is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in trice (ceirt).

Definitions for trice

noun

  1. a very short time; an instant:

verb (used with object)

  1. to pull or haul with a rope.
  2. to haul up and fasten with a rope (usually followed by up).

Origin of trice

1400-50; late Middle English tryse; probably special use of *trise a pull, tug, derivative of trisen, to pull; see trice2

Examples for trice

In a trice there were found good folks to dig the grave and fashion the coffin.

In a trice we had galloped past the fortress, through the village, and had ridden into the gorge.

But now the hounds were too quick, and in a trice they had the cougar surrounded.

And in a trice he was off, as Sally supposed, on his mission.

Out of her carriage jumped the lady in a trice, and ran into the smithy.

In a trice he broke beyond the circle and darted to the control-panel.

So they mounted their horses and were gone in a trice, galloping to their own camp.

In a trice they were ready and the ladies, wrapped in their cloaks, were in the coach.

In a trice his huge bulk was safely ensconced in the adjoining one.

She reached the door before he could stop her, and in a trice she was out in the gallery.

Word Value for trice
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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