The meaning of TRICE is a brief space of time : instant —used chiefly in the phrase in a trice.

TRICE definition: a very short time; an instant. See examples of trice used in a sentence.

In a trice the water-mains were broken; there was no food, water or transport; and there was no light.

trice noun moment, second, minute, shake (informal), flash, instant, tick (Brit. informal), twinkling, split second, jiffy (informal), twinkling of an eye, two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal), bat of an eye …

She stared down at him, first impassively, then, in a trice, her blue eyes filled with tears.

/traɪs/ IPA guide Other forms: triced; tricing; trices Definitions of trice noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) synonyms: New York minute, blink of an eye, flash, …

Oct 21, 2025 · trice (third-person singular simple present trices, present participle tricing, simple past and past participle triced) (transitive, obsolete) To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.

Definition of trice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Trice is ranked #4145 in terms of the most common surnames in America. The Trice surname appeared 8,546 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample …

Trice definition: A very short period of time; an instant.