tripe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food
  2. noun nonsensical talk or writing
    codswallop; wish-wash; trumpery; applesauce; folderol; rubbish; trash.

WordNet

Tripe noun
Etymology
OE. tripe, F. tripe; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. & Pg. tripa, It. trippa, OD. tripe, W. tripa, Armor. stripen.
Definitions
  1. The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
    How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled ? Shak.
  2. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural. Howell.

Webster 1913