trice
/trʌɪs/
US pronunciation
American sound/trʌɪs/
trice
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> trice
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
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- ‘If only she'd said ‘All right - I'll go to Mass ‘, she'd have been out in a trice.’’
- ‘The raspberries have had a good flavour but turn to jam in a trice.’
- ‘Why I know at least half-a-dozen who'd file complaints in a trice.’
- ‘It runs extremely quickly and can appear to vanish in a trice.’
- ‘The driver got out in a trice, and others jumped over to help the girl up.’
- ‘Of course, the first silly fly to come anywhere close was now snapped up in a trice.’
- ‘It was a fast, efficient kill and any suffering would have been over in a trice.’
- ‘England know the French can turn a game in a trice even when facing a seemingly desperate deficit.’
- ‘The moment the ever-ready police personnel on duty got the order, they were on the door of my quarter in a trice.’
- ‘As before, the facilitator grasped my objection in a trice, and even though I sense that she's inclined to side with the material, she gets it.’
Synonyms
moment, minute, instant, jiffy, short while, flash, twinkling, bat of the eye, bit, blink of an eye, breath, breathing, burst, crack, date, hour, jiff, juncture, no time, nothing flat, occasion, outburst, point, point in time, sec, second, shake, show, split second, stage, three winks, tick, time, twinkle, while, wink
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