trice

trice is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
2. transitive verb. To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
3. noun. A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.
4. noun. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

   "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

   Synonyms: flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, twinkling, wink

5. verb. hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
6. verb. raise with a line

   "trice a window shade"

Synonyms

flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, twinkling, wink

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in trice:

citer, recit, recti, ticer

Common word forms

triced, trices, tricing

Words from these letters

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