trice
trice is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 39 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
- 2.A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice. "With a trice." Turbervile. " On a trice." Shak. A man shall make his fortune in a trice. Young.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- all
- away
- blink
- breath
- done
- early
- extempore
- eye
- fell
- haste
- immediately
- instant
- instanter
- jump
- just
- less
- like
- moment
- once
- one
- per
- plump
- presto
- right
- said
- same
- shot
- slap
- sooner
- spot
- spur
- stroke
- subito
- swoop
- than
- the
- then
- time
- twinkling
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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