tripe
- the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Slang. something, especially speech or writing, that is false or worthless; rubbish.
Origin of tripe
Related Words for tripe
drivel, gibberish, hogwash, garbage, bunk, baloney, bilge, hooey, poppycock, bull, balderdash, trash, BS, boshExamples from the Web for tripe
Contemporary Examples of tripe
These seemingly disparate countries count on a tripe soup to ease the pain of a hangover.
The word “tripe” conjures up some not-so-pleasing connotations.
Historical Examples of tripe
Let them boil up, and add them to the tripe just before you send it to table.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
On two nights in the week, tripe was sold in the town ready dressed.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
Jenkins invited me to supper; tripe and onions; and I'd like to know what it all means, and where the supper is.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
Cats were purring on the counters of the fruit store and the tripe shop.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
The insipid odour of the meat, the pungent smell of the tripe exasperated him.
The Fat and the ThinEmile Zola
tripe
- the stomach lining of an ox, cow, or other ruminant, prepared for cooking
- informal something silly; rubbish
- (plural) archaic, informal intestines; belly
Word Origin for tripe
Word Origin and History for tripe
c.1300, from Old French tripe "entrails used as food" (13c.), of unknown origin, perhaps via Spanish tripa from Arabic therb "suet" (but also said to mean "fold of a piece of cloth"). Applied contemptuously to persons (1590s), then to anything considered worthless, foolish, or offensive (1892).