Dictionary entry

Trice

Pronunciation: /trʌɪs/

Pronunciation

/trʌɪs/

Myanmar Meaning

အမြန်။ မြန်မြန်။

Definition

trice /traÇs/ n ❏ in a trice [ IDM ] ဆိုင္းမဆင့္ဗံုမဆင့္။ ျဗဳန္းခ်င္းဒိုင္းခ်င္း။ In a trice he was gone.

Examples

  1. ‘If only she'd said ‘All right - I'll go to Mass ‘
  2. she'd have been out in a trice.’’
  3. ‘The raspberries have had a good flavour but turn to jam in a trice.’
  4. ‘Why I know at least half-a-dozen who'd file complaints in a trice.’
  5. ‘It runs extremely quickly and can appear to vanish in a trice.’
  6. ‘The driver got out in a trice
  7. and others jumped over to help the girl up.’
  8. ‘Of course
  9. the first silly fly to come anywhere close was now snapped up in a trice.’
  10. ‘It was a fast
  11. efficient kill and any suffering would have been over in a trice.’
  12. ‘England know the French can turn a game in a trice even when facing a seemingly desperate deficit.’
  13. ‘The moment the ever-ready police personnel on duty got the order
  14. they were on the door of my quarter in a trice.’
  15. ‘As before
  16. the facilitator grasped my objection in a trice
  17. and even though I sense that she's inclined to side with the material
  18. she gets it.’