Antonyms for tripe

Grammar : Noun

Spell : trahyp

Phonetic Transcription : traɪp

sense
truth

Definition of tripe

Origin : c.1300, from Old French tripe "entrails used as food" (13c.), of unknown origin, perhaps via Spanish tripa from Arabic therb "suet" (but also said to mean "fold of a piece of cloth"). Applied contemptuously to persons (1590s), then to anything considered worthless, foolish, or offensive (1892).

noun nonsense, rubbish

Example sentences :

Let them boil up, and add them to the tripe just before you send it to table.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

On two nights in the week, tripe was sold in the town ready dressed.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Jenkins invited me to supper; tripe and onions; and I'd like to know what it all means, and where the supper is.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Cats were purring on the counters of the fruit store and the tripe shop.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

The insipid odour of the meat, the pungent smell of the tripe exasperated him.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

It was in the tripe market that they had made the acquaintance of Claude Lantier.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

Tripe may be cooked more economically by substituting water for milk.
Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison

Boil the tripe, but not quite tender; then put it into salt and water, which must be changed every day till it is all used.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

And, contrariwise, there is tripe—“the stomach of the ox or of some other ruminant.”
Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken

That is not in the tone of the ditty sung by the Tripe Skewer.
Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang

Synonyms for tripe

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