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trissa

“trissa” is a Swedish word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a pulley
  2. a sheave
  3. the spool of a yo-yo (yo-yo minus line)
  4. a caster, a castor
  5. a whorl (in a spinning wheel)
  6. a whorl (on a spindle)
  7. a buffing wheel
  8. a polishing pad
  9. a hockey puck

verb

  1. to drive up, to raise (of something abstract, often to an excessive or unreasonable level or degree)
  2. to intensify (in a negative way), to inflame
  3. to disturb or annoy (someone), especially in order to provoke a reaction; to goad

Etymology

From Middle Low German trītze, trīsse. Origin beyond that disputed. Cognate of German triezen, English trice.

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