Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rubbery lining of the stomach of cattle or other ruminants, used as food.
- noun Informal Something of no value; rubbish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The entrails, bowels, intestines, or guts; hence, the belly: chiefly used in the plural.
- noun The greater part of the stomach of a ruminant, as the ox, dressed and used for food.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
- noun The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The lining of the large
stomach ofruminating animals, when prepared forfood . - noun The
entrails ; hence, humorously or in contempt, thebelly ; -- generally used in the plural. - noun Something
disparaged asvalueless , especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food
- noun nonsensical talk or writing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's pretty much dictating what a woman can or cannot do with her own body (and not just women, but men too), and this kind of tripe is found in a LOT of discourse, from the feminist to the progressive to the religious.
On Body, Mind and Spirit, and our freedom to use them as we wish. fantasyecho 2008
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People — and I do actually mean “people” here, not viciously stupid animals like yourself — already know that that pathetically infantile piece of snivelling ideological tripe is demonstrably false.
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Smart, dark paranormal romance would be such a treat compared to the typical formulaic Harlequin tripe in a monster costume.
"As if I had a choice...oh well." greygirlbeast 2010
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Smart, dark paranormal romance would be such a treat compared to the typical formulaic Harlequin tripe in a monster costume.
"As if I had a choice...oh well." greygirlbeast 2010
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Blah, blah, blah ... same old tripe from the old, worn Clintons.
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For supports in high profile positions in either campt to come out with this type of tripe is incredibly counter productive to the outcome of the general election.
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BTW, Zach, though many many many Asian people will argue, I think the best cart for tripe is on … E. Pike?
Downtown Lunch: Jury Duty Tripe (and More) | Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC 2008
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The thought of you writing tripe is hard to imagine.
The Book From Hell 2007
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The thought of you writing tripe is hard to imagine.
The Book From Hell 2007
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#61 – “You were not present at either Laura Welch Bush†™ s accident nor at Ted Kennedy†™ s, so all your tripe is mere speculation.”
slumry commented on the word tripe
I have no desire to eat it, and less desire to read it.
July 12, 2007