Definition of trinket Trinket

/tɹɪˈŋkʌt/ - [tringkut] - trin•ket

We found 13 definitions of trinket from 5 different sources.

What does trinket mean?

Noun
trinket - cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
		bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal
		adornment the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting
		trinketry trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively

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trinket (n.)
A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
trinket (v. t.)
A knife; a cutting tool.
trinket (v. t.)
A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.
trinket (v. t.)
A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
trinket (v. i.)
To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue.

trinket
tring′ket, n. a small ornament for the person: anything of little value.—v.i. to deal in a mean and underhand way: to intrigue.—ns. Trink′eter, a mean intriguer; Trink′etry, trinkets collectively. [Skeat suggests that M. E. trenket, trynket, may be from an O. Fr. trenquer, to cut, a by-form of trencher, to cut.]
trinket
tring′ket, n. a vessel to drink out of. [Prob. conn. somehow with preceding.]
trinket
tring′ket, n. a topsail. [O. Fr. trinquet—L. triquetrus, three-cornered.]