# trice

> English word · Verb · IPA /tɹaɪs/ · frequency rank #59,772

## Definitions
1. To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
2. To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.

## Etymology
From Middle English trīcen, trice, trise (“to pull or push; to snatch away; to steal”), from Middle Dutch trīsen (“to hoist”) (modern Dutch trijsen) or Middle Low German trissen (“to trice the spritsail”); further etymology uncertain. The word is cognate with Danish trisse, tridse (“to haul with a pulley”), Low German trissen, tryssen, drisen, drysen (“to wind up, trice”), German trissen, triezen (“to annoy or torment”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trice