tripod

About 1.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A three-legged stand or mount.

   Cameras often have tripod attachments, which help when taking steady photographs.

2. noun An organism with three limbs.
3. noun A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
4. noun Someone with a very large penis.
5. verb To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.

   I tripodded after my 6-mile run.

6. verb Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.

Similar words

cauldron ding easel ting triptych stand james cauldrons tripos quadpod

Often followed by

and of is or with in to legs on

Word family

tripodal tripods