tripe

Other forms of tripe

plural

tripes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tripe

What does tripe mean?

tripe means "lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tripe?

tripe has 1 syllable: tripe. In IPA it is /ˈtɹaɪp/.

What is another word for tripe?

Close synonyms include folderol, rubbish, trumpery, trash, wish-wash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tripe a common word?

tripe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.