tripod
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Definition of tripod
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A three-legged stand or mount.
“Recent cell phones offer tripod attachments to take steady photographs.”
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noun
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A three-legged stand or mount.
“Recent cell phones offer tripod attachments to take steady photographs.”
- A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
- (slang)A man with macrophallism.
verb
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(intransitive)To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
“I tripodded after my 6-mile run.”
- (intransitive)Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.
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Etymology
PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.
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