As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife"s voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there"s a car going the wrong way on 280. Please be careful!"
"Heck," said Herman, "It"s not just one car. It"s hundreds of them!"
charger n. Electrical charger for batteries that works at a steady slow rate.
- —v. (-ling) 1 (cause to) flow in drops or a small stream.
- come or go slowly or gradually (information trickles out). —n. Trickling flow. [probably imitative]
TRICKSY
adj. (-ier, -iest) full of tricks; playful.
TRIDENT
n. Three-pronged spear. [latin dens dent- tooth]
TRIGGER
—n. - movable device for releasing a spring or catch and so setting off a mechanism (esp. That of a gun).
- event, occurrence, etc., that sets off a chain reaction. —v. (often foll. By off) set (an action or process) in motion; precipitate. quick on the trigger quick to respond. [tricker from dutch trekker from trekken pull]
TRILOGY
n. (pl. -ies) group of three related novels, plays, operas, etc.
TRINITY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 state of being three.
- group of three.
- (the trinity or holy trinity) theol. The three persons of the christian godhead (father, son, and holy spirit). [latin trinitas from trinus threefold]
- sunday n. Sunday next after whit sunday.
- term n. University and law term beginning after easter.
TRINKET
n. Trifling ornament, esp. A piece of jewellery. trinketry n. [origin unknown]
TRIPLET
n. - each of three children or animals born at one birth.
- set of three things, esp. Three equal notes played in the time of two of the same value.
