Crossword-Solution: ATRIP
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Atrip | adv. | Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor. |
| Atrip | adv. | Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails. |
| Atrip | adv. | Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| ATRIP | anagram | PARIT, PARTI, PATRI, PRATI, RAPTI, RIPAT, TAPIR, TPAIR |
We have 95 clues for the answer “ATRIP”
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "ATRIP"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Kind of apple
?
E
?
A
?
T
?
E
?
R
Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
15 +1
New Suggestion for "ATRIP"
Related word tools
Sentences with ATRIP (5)
Belated birds sing tingling notes To warm apace their chilly throats, Or they, mayhap, have caught the story And pipe their part from branches hoary; While up aloft, his tempered beams The sun has poured in gentle streams, Sending o'er snowy hill and dell A pleasance to greet the Christmas bell! Now every yeoman starts abroad For holly green and the ivy-tod; Good folk to kirk are soon atrip Mellow with cheer and good-fellowship, And cosey chimneys, here and there Puff forth the sweets o' Christmas fare.
Already the jib had been raised, and Frank was at the wheel to bring the yacht round as soon as she felt the breeze after the anchor was atrip.
Her anchor was atrip, that is, the cable was hove short, showing that she was ready to sail at a moment's notice.
ATRIP, a-trip', _adv._ said of an anchor when it is just drawn out of the ground in a perpendicular direction--of a sail, when it is hoisted from the cap, sheeted home, and ready for trimming.
When they had reached the extreme point, Count Emanuel paused, and pointed towards the frigate, saying, “Do you know what ship that is?” The young seaman threw a rapid and scrutinizing glance upon the mousquetaire, and then looked towards the ship: “Yes,” replied he, negligently, “it is a pretty frigate carrying two and thirty guns, with her sails bent and her starboard anchor atrip, ready to sail at the first signal given.” “Excuse me,” replied Emanuel, smiling; “that is not what I ask of you.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 86 times in crossword archives (1942–2023).