(v. i.) To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
(v. t.) To cheapen.
(v. t.) To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.
(n.) A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
(n.) A thief; a filcher.
Example Sentences:
(1) Today, all those Ralphs and Toms, Percys and Horaces strike us as the most appalling prigs: we have forgotten the world from which they sprang.
(2) He could take the most pitiful souls – his CV was populated almost exclusively by snivelling wretches, insufferable prigs, braggarts and outright bullies – and imbue each of them with a wrenching humanity.
(3) Trierweiler is forever dashing into bathrooms and collapsing while Hollande is an unfeeling prig who either ignores her or tells her to stop being so melodramatic.
(4) Only the stuffiest prig would say "Whom are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?"
(5) Bovine and equine sera were screened for poliovirus-reactive immunoglobulins (PRIgs) by means of neutralization and precipitation reactions with type 1 poliovirus.
(6) Neutralization and precipitation reactions with six mono-specific antibodies obtained by absorbing antiserum with each of the six different PRIgs-resistant virus mutants revealed that three antibodies were active in precipitation reaction while the others were substantially ineffective.
(7) I wanted to ban puddings from this column completely, but my editor in her wisdom said this was preposterous and that I should stop being such a prig.
(8) On the basis of the results obtained and the findings reported to date, the mechanism of production of PRIgs in bovine and equine sera was discussed.
(9) Bovine serum B1826 and B36 were found to contain such PRIgs from their reactivity to various PRIgs-resistant mutants of type 1 poliovirus origin.
(10) This current of life-giving absurdity electrified them and gave those earnest young prigs the means to change over the years, even after they had become successful.
Trig
Definition:
(v. t.) To fill; to stuff; to cram.
(a.) Full; also, trim; neat.
(v. t.) To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
(n.) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
Example Sentences:
(1) Triglyceride (Trigly) in female dogs, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT) and urea nitrogen (Urea-N) in male dogs tended to increase.
(2) This trig pulse controls the acquisition of the ultrasound images.
(3) Monthly measurements were conduced of the following activities, in the period between post infection days 160 and 400: total protein (TPR), albumin (ALB), cholesterol (CHOL), triglycerides (TRIG), Zn and Cu concentrations as well as sorbitol dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alpha-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (alpha-HBDH), gamma-glutamyltransferase, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), creatine kinase (CK), alkaline phosphatase and fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase (ALD).
(4) These were SBP with age, Hct with T Ca, and T Chol with Trig.
(5) For the men only, Hgb was correlated with HDL-C, Trig, T Ca, and P; and HDL-C was correlated with Trig.
(6) But days later she had become critically ill from meningitis trigged by the lingering virus in her nervous system.
(7) Testing-Eating Frequency was associated with HA1C and Injection was associated with TRIG; in both cases better adherence was associated with better metabolic control.
(8) SBP, DBP, Hgb, and Trig of the women were lower than those of the men; and HDL-C and phosphorus of the women were higher.
(9) The results indicated that bereaved parents' intensity of grieving scores were generally higher than those reported on the TRIG norms.
(10) Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) pressures and heart rates (HR) were recorded, and 24-ml blood samples were obtained from an antecubital vein and analyzed for hemoglobin (Hgb), hematocrit (Hct), HDL-C, total cholesterol (T Chol), triglycerides (Trig), total calcium (T Ca), ionized calcium (Ca++), and phosphorus (P).
(11) TPR, ALB, TRIG, and CHOL were reduced by day 400, in conjunction with disorders of digestion and absorption.
(12) Failure to absorb dietary fat is managed by a low-fat diet and by medium-chain trigly-cerides which are absorbed in the absence of intestinal bile salts.
(13) 2 Go through the gate on the right and follow the surfaced path through the ancient ramparts of the hill fort to the summit trig point.
(14) Serum CK and ALD activities as well as TRIG and TPR concentrations may serve as aids to specific diagnosis of paratuberculosis, particularly in the advanced stage of the disease.
(15) In the period between PI day 160 and 400 fifteen biochemical parameters were measured monthly, TRP, ALP, TRIG and CHOL were reduced by day 400, pointing to disorders of digestion and absorption.
(16) The influences of the apolipoprotein E (Apo E) polymorphism and of gender on the distributions of plasma levels of total cholesterol (Total-C), 1n triglycerides (1n Trig), HDL cholesterol (HDL-C), and apolipoproteins AI (Apo AI), AII (Apo AII), 1n E (1nApo E), B (Apo B), CII (Apo CII), and 1n CIII (1nApo CIII) were studied in 507 unrelated individuals representative of the adult population of Rochester, MN.
(17) The main conclusion of the study is: In the lymphocytokinetic system the T lymphocytes must play a guiding role as an afferent vector, trigging the B fractions which thus constitute the efferent vector of the system.
(18) Activities of the iron complexes of evolutionary importance like K4[Fe(CN)6], K4[Fe(CN)5(gly)], and K4[Fe(CN)5(trigly)] have been tested towards some redox reactions of biological significance, namely, decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, dehydrogenation of NADH and ascorbic acid both coupled with reduction of methylene blue.
(19) In October, the country opened fire at giant balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets floated across the border by South Korean activists, trigging an exchange of gunfire with South Korean troops.
(20) But bear in mind You'll need sturdy footwear, and should keep to the path at alltimes to avoid the 150m-drop 60m from the trig point.