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.

The ring which a moment before had been peopled with amateurs was emptied in a trice.

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 …

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

Oct 21, 2025 · trice (plural trices) (obsolete, rare) A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder ”).

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

/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 …

He set the table in a trice.

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