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- Dictionarytripe/trʌɪp/
noun
- 1. the first or second stomach of a cow or other ruminant used as food.
- 2. nonsense; rubbish: informal "you do talk tripe sometimes"
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How to use tripe in a sentence. stomach tissue especially of a ruminant (such as an ox) used as food; something poor, worthless, or offensive… See the full definition
TRIPE definition: 1. the covering of the inside of the stomach of an animal, such as a cow or sheep, used for food…. Learn more.
TRIPE meaning: 1. the covering of the inside of the stomach of an animal, such as a cow or sheep, used for food…. Learn more.
Tripe definition: the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.. See examples of TRIPE used in a sentence.
Tripe, stomach of a ruminant consumed as food. Tripe usually comes from an ox or calf, although also from sheep or deer. The term refers to the animal’s stomach—or, to be more precise, to the four chambers of the stomach that together form a production line to digest the ruminant’s food.
1. (Cookery) the stomach lining of an ox, cow, or other ruminant, prepared for cooking. 2. informal something silly; rubbish. 3. (Anatomy) ( plural) archaic informal intestines; belly. [C13: from Old French, of unknown origin]
Tripe is a kind of meat that consists of an animal's stomach lining. It may sound gross, but your tasty breakfast sausage may include a bit of tripe. While tripe isn't commonly found on most restaurant menus, it turns up more often than you might think.
Definition of tripe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Tripe is the stomach of a pig, cow, or ox which is eaten as food. 2. You refer to something that someone has said or written as tripe when you think that it is silly and worthless.
tripe in American English. (traip) noun. 1. the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, esp. oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe. 2. slang. something, esp. speech or writing, that is false or worthless; rubbish.
