trissa

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪsːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪsːa

trissa f (genitive singular trissu, nominative plural trissur)

1. pulley, sheave

   Synonym: skoruhjól

• út um allar trissur (“in all directions”)

From Middle Low German trītze, trīsse. Origin beyond that disputed. Cognate of German triezen, English trice.

trissa c

1. a (small) disc, a (small) flat cylinder (especially of certain machine and device parts)
   1. a pulley
   2. a sheave
   3. the spool of a yo-yo (yo-yo minus line)
   4. a caster, a castor
   5. a whorl (in a spinning wheel)
   6. a whorl (on a spindle)

      Synonym: sländtrissa

   7. a buffing wheel

      Synonyms: polertrissa, polerskiva

   8. a polishing pad

      Synonyms: polersvamp, skumtrissa

   9. (colloquial) a hockey puck

      Synonym: puck

• dra på trissor
• sländtrissa (“spindle whorl”)

• block
• skiva
• spinnrock (“spinning wheel”)

trissa (present trissar, preterite trissade, supine trissat, imperative trissa)

1. (usually with upp) to drive up, to raise (of something abstract, often to an excessive or unreasonable level or degree)

   mäklare som trissar upp priser genom skenbudgivning

   real estate agents that hike up prices through shill bidding

   1. to intensify (in a negative way), to inflame

      troll som bara kommer hit för att trissa upp stämningen

      trolls who only come here to provoke [stir up the mood in a negative way]

      trissa upp en konlikt

      cause a conflict to escalate

2. to disturb or annoy (someone), especially in order to provoke a reaction; to goad

   Det är kul att få trissa dig lite. Jag bara retas.

   It's fun to goad you a bit. I'm only teasing.

• upptrissa

• tracka

• trissa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trissa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• trissa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• trissa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)