Tripod Definition

trīpŏd
tripods
noun
A three-legged cauldron, stool, table, etc.
Webster's New World
A three-legged support as for a camera or telescope, usually adjustable for height.
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A three-legged stand or mount.

A lot of people don't develop pictures nor do they purchase real cameras anymore so cell phones now are adding better pixilation and tripod attachments to take steady pictures.
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(slang) A man that has a large penis disproportionate to his short stature, especially a of a drawf.
In the Austin Power's movie Mini-Me was said to be a tripod when he dropped his drawers but in real life actor Verne Troyer like most little people is actually of average endowment.
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verb
(intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
I tripodded after my 6-mile run.
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Other Word Forms of Tripod

Noun

Singular:
tripod
Plural:
tripods

Origin of Tripod

  • From tripod- and τριποδ- (tripod-), the stems of the Latin tripūs and its etymon the Ancient Greek τρίπους (tripous); compare tripus.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin tripūs tripod- from Greek tripous three-footed tri- tri- pous foot –pod

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tripod Sentence Examples

  • Leave the tripod in my care until we get an answer.

  • So they carried the tripod to the governor, and each told his story.

  • These three bases of knowledge were known as the "tripod" of the empirics.

  • When he heard that some men had come to Corinth with a very costly golden tripod, he had them brought before him.

  • One tripod thus affords a firm base of support while the legs of the other tripod are brought forward to their new positions.

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