Trice Common

Trice has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Definitions

Noun

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

"if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

blink of an eye flash heartbeat instant jiffy split second trice twinkling wink New York minute

Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; an instant, a moment.

A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).

Verb

raise with a line

"trice a window shade"

trice trice up

hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope

trice trice up

To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.

Proper Noun

A surname.