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tripe [traɪp] n
1. (Cookery) the stomach lining of an ox, cow, or other ruminant, prepared for cooking 2. Informal something silly; rubbish 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) (plural) Archaic informal intestines; belly [from Old French, of unknown origin] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
tripe noun (Informal) nonsense, rot, trash, twaddle, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), rubbish, shit (taboo slang), pants (slang), crap (slang), garbage (informal), bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), bollocks (Brit. taboo slang), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, guff (slang), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life. Translations tripe [traɪp] n (Culin) → trippa (fam, pej) (rubbish) → sciocchezze fpl, fesserie fpl tripe [traɪp] n (Culin) → trippa (fam, pej) (rubbish) → sciocchezze fpl, fesserie fpl How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Tripe it was; and Meg, in high joy, protested he should say, in half a minute more, it was the best tripe ever stewed. The poor Cat felt very weak, and he was able to eat only thirty-five mullets with tomato sauce and four portions of tripe with cheese. said Jurgis' friend; the things that went into the mixture were tripe, and the fat of pork, and beef suet, and hearts of beef, and finally the waste ends of veal, when they had any. |
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