TRIPE

folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop

(noun) nonsensical talk or writing

tripe

(noun) lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tripe (usually uncountable, plural tripes)

The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural.

(chiefly plural) Something disparaged as valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).

Interjection

tripe

(pejorative) That (what has just been said) is untrue.

Anagrams

• Pitre, retip

Source: Wiktionary


Tripe, n. Etym: [OE. tripe, F. tripe; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. & Pg. tripa, It. trippa, OD. tripe, W. tripa, Armor. stripen.]

1. The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food. How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled Shak.

2. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural. Howell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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