noun
tripe
TRYPE/traɪp/
The edible stomach lining of a ruminant.
The cook lifts a folded piece of tripe from the board.
Etymology
Old French tripe meant guts or edible entrails; its deeper origin is unknown. The English word became a contemptuous label for people, then for worthless or foolish things, including talk and writing.
In context
he spews paranoid conspiratorial anti-establishment tripe and complains about being overlooked by academia despite never having done anything worthy of being recognized.
More examples
- She buys beef tripe at the butcher shop.
- Rinse the tripe thoroughly before adding it to the pot.
- This spicy soup contains tender strips of tripe.
Forms
tripe
Similar words
- offal
- Includes other edible internal organs, not just stomach lining.
- stomach
- Names the whole organ, not specifically its edible lining.