trique

French

Etymology

Variant of estrique, from Frankish *strīkan (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁik/
• Homophone: tric
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

trique f (plural triques)

1. cudgel, club (large sticklike object)
2. (vulgar, slang) hard-on (erection)

   Synonym: gaule

   J’ai la trique. ― I have a hard-on.

   • 1974, Bertrand Blier, Les Valseuses, spoken by Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere):

     Jean-Claude, je bande pas! D’habitude le matin j’ai la trique!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “trique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• quiert, requit, requît, tiquer

Norman

Etymology

From an Old Northern French [Term?] derivative of Old French trichier.

Noun

trique f (plural triques)

1. (Jersey) trick