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Tribble

Tribble

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A family name that people use as a last name
  • proper noun
  • /ˈtrɪbəl/
translation icon : Tribble
  • The Tribble Brothers were not poachers.
  • Fred Tribble

Steve Jobs, for example, when he was at Apple, had an executive named Bud Tribble.

Examples

  • Fred Tribble said he notified the Sawyer County sheriff that he and his brother planned to cross the reservation boundary that night.

    Academic text (1997)

  • In forming recommendations about what to axe, says Tribble, "ultimately, we have to look ahead to see what is the best option under constrained conditions."

    Academic text (2012)

  • Photo taken by Tony Tribble.

    Blog text (5)

  • If the budget stays flat, says Tribble, "something has to give."

    Academic text (2012)

  • "The wardens came on us right away," Tribble told an interviewer, "and I had a treaty in my pocket."

    Academic text (1997)

  • If the government doesn't invest in nuclear physics, then universities won't either, Tribble explains.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Evelyn Tribble associates the Authorized Version with what she calls a "domestication" of the margin.

    Academic text (2006)

  • In 1946, the foundation pledged to donate $350,000 a year in perpetuity, and Harold Tribble was able to get the number up to $500,000.

    Blog text (1)

  • On a cold March night in 1974, Fred and Mike Tribble went spearfishing on a lake near their Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa Reservation and were arrested and charged with violating Wisconsin conservation laws.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Turn left on West Main and right on Tribble Gap Road.

Surface Forms

Tribble main

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the surname Tribble is to think of the simple word tribe, which means 'group' or 'family', because a last name often shows who you belong to.