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English

Alternative forms

• thrip (alternative singular form)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (thríps, “wood-worm”).

Noun

thrips (plural thrips or thripses)

1. Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.
   • 1919, Frank Hurlbut Chittenden, Control of the Onion Thrips, page 9,

     The turnrows and margins of the fields should be cultivated often enough to prevent the growth of weeds, many forms of which harbor the onion thrips.

   • 2002, Thrips, article in International Wildlife Encyclopedia Volume 19, Picture caption, page 2676,

     The thousands of thrips species include among their number the smallest of all winged insects.

   • 2004, Steve H. Dreistadt, Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest Management Guide, Picture caption, page 157,

     Bleaching and stippling on viburnum foliage infested with greenhouse thrips. Because this sluggish thrips feeds openly on the underside of leaves, it is controlled by thorough coverage with insecticidal soap or oil.

Derived terms

• antithrips
• grain thrips (Thrips cerealium)
• onion thrips (Thrips tabaci)
• western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis)

Translations

Further reading

• https://web.archive.org/web/20050219030824/http://www.gladescropcare.com/wythp.html

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (thr??ps, “woodworm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t?ri?ps/, [t???i?ps?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trips/, [t??ips]

Noun

thr?ps m (genitive thr?pis); third declension

1. A kind of woodworm
2. trifles, worthless things

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• thrips in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thrips in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??ps/

Noun

trips

1. plural of trip

Noun

trips

1. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if one of the three cards is in one's hand and the other two are on the board. Compare set (“three of a kind, especially with one card on the board and the other two in one's hand”).

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
• Fourie, Christian (2008) Africa Safari Terms.

Verb

trips

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trip

Anagrams

• Strip, spirt, sprit, stirp, strip

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (thríps).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?ps/
• Rhymes: -?ps

Noun

trips m (plural tripsen, diminutive tripsje n)

1. thrips

   Synonyms: donderbeestje, onweersbeestje