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9521 Etymology dictionary, p. track (n.).2
… a running track" is recorded from 1905. Meaning "single recorded item" is from 1904, originally in reference to phonograph records. Meaning "mark on skin from …
9522 Etymology dictionary, p. trailer (n.).3
The meaning "advertisement run alongside a motion picture" is attested by 1916; trailer as "length of blank film at the end of a reel" is by 1913. Trailer park "mobile home community" recorded by 1936. Derogatory trailer trash is in use by 1986.
9523 Etymology dictionary, p. tramp (v.).2
… ) "to run, walk, step" (see tread (v.)). Related: Tramped; tramping .
9524 Etymology dictionary, p. tramp (n.).2
… one running a regular line) is attested from c. 1880. The meaning "promiscuous woman" is from 1922. Sense of "a long, toilsome walk" is from 1786.
9525 Etymology dictionary, p. transversal (adj.).2
"running or lying across," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin transversalis (13c.), from transvers-, stem of transvertere (see transverse ). Earlier in the same sense was transversary (c. 1400). As a noun, from 1590s. Related: Transversally .
9526 Etymology dictionary, p. trap (n.).3
… "to run, walk, step." The English word is probably akin to Old French trape, Spanish trampa "trap, pit, snare," but the exact relationship is uncertain.
9527 Etymology dictionary, p. tread (v.).2
… 'to run, walk, step'" [Watkins]. Related: Trod; treading. To tread water in swimming, "to move the feet and hands regularly up and down while keeping the body in an erect …
9528 Etymology dictionary, p. trend (v.).2
… , "to run or bend in a certain direction" (of rivers, coasts, etc.), from Middle English trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve," from Old English trendan "turn round, revolve …
9529 Etymology dictionary, p. triathlon (n.).2
… slalom run; and a third connected to the U.S. Army involved shooting, swimming, and running. Applied to the combination of a long swim, a bicycle-race, and a marathon …
9530 Etymology dictionary, p. trochanter (n.).2
1610s as a part of the thigh-bone, from French trochanter (16c.), from Greek trokhanter (Galen), from trekhein "to run" (see truckle (n.)). From 1816 as the second joint of an insect leg.
9531 Etymology dictionary, p. trochee (n.).2
… "a running (foot)," from trekhein "to run" (see truckle (n.)). Its rapid movement rendered it a fit accompaniment to dances.
9532 Etymology dictionary, p. trolley (n.).2
… for running on a track (1858), probably from troll (v.) in the sense of "to roll." Sense transferred to "device used to transmit electric current to streetcars, consisting …
9533 Etymology dictionary, p. trot (n.).2
… the runs ).
9534 Etymology dictionary, p. truck (n.1).2
… "to run" (see truckle (n.)). Sense extended to "cart for carrying heavy loads" (1774), then in American English to "motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads" (1913), a shortened …
9535 Etymology dictionary, p. truckle (n.).2
… "to run," from PIE root *dhregh- "to run" (source also of Old Irish droch "wheel," Lithuanian drožti "to run fast"). Truckle bed "small bed on wheels that can be stowed under …
9536 Etymology dictionary, p. uphill (adj.).2
1610s, from up + hill (n.). As an adverb from c. 1600. Grose's "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" (1785) has "Uphills, false dice that run high."
9537 Etymology dictionary, p. walk (v.).3
… and run " [Buck]. Meaning "to go away" is recorded from mid-15c. Transitive meaning "to exercise a dog (or horse)" is from late 15c.; meaning "to escort (someone) in a walk" is …
9538 Etymology dictionary, p. walk-through (n.).2
also walkthrough, 1944, "an easy part" (in a theatrical production), from walk (v.) + through. Meaning "dry run, full rehearsal" is from 1959, from the notion of "walking (someone) through" something.
9539 Etymology dictionary, p. wallop (v.).2
… "to run well" (compare Old High German wela "well," see well (adv.); and Old Low Franconian loupon "to run, leap," from Proto-Germanic *hlaupan; see leap (v.)). The meaning "to thrash …
9540 Etymology dictionary, p. warp (n.).2
"threads running lengthwise in a fabric," Old English wearp, from Proto-Germanic *warpo- (source also of Middle Low German warp, Old High German warf "warp," Old Norse …