English Explanatory Dictionary

tripe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
  2. The entrails; (by extension, humorous or derogatory) the belly.
  3. Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).
  4. An edible lichen, especially rock tripe.
intj
  1. That (what has just been said) is untrue.

Pronunciation

/tɹaɪp/ en-us-tripe.ogg

Word forms

tripe tripes

Etymology

From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possibly borrowed from Spanish tripa.

Synonyms

garbage rubbish slop cheapie crapola gash hunk of junk load of bull load of crap load of shit piece of crap piece of garbage piece of junk piece of shit piece of trash pile of crap pile of shit schlock tripe

Derived words

honeycomb tripe plain tripe rock tripe tripe and onions

Translations

Albanian: bumbar Arabic: كرشة Central Bikol: rabot Bulgarian: шкембе Burmese: ကလီစာ Catalan: butza Chinese Mandarin: 肚子 Czech: dršťky Danish: kallun Danish: løbe Danish: bagmave Dutch: pens Finnish: sisälmykset French: tripes Galician: tripas German: Kutteln German: Kaldaunen Hungarian: pacal Indonesian: babat Italian: trippa Japanese: トライプ Khmer: ពោះគោ Korean: 양 Latin: omāsum Macedonian: чке́мбе Macedonian: шке́мбе Norman: tripe Persian: شکمبه Persian: سیرابی Polish: flaki Portuguese: dobrada Portuguese: tripas Romanian: burtă Russian: рубе́ц Serbo-Croatian: tripice Serbo-Croatian: fileki Spanish: tripa Spanish: menudos Spanish: mondongo Swedish: komage Thai: ผ้าขี้ริ้ว Turkish: işkembe Ukrainian: рубе́ць Unami: winàxàxkay Vietnamese: dạ dày Yoruba: ṣàkì
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