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to tryst

to tryst

1 8.4
To meet someone secretly for a romantic reason
  • verb
  • /trɪst/
  • NSFW
translation icon : encontrarse a escondidas
  • They decided to tryst in a secluded garden, away from prying eyes.
  • trysting place

Examples

  • Because she feels guilty, as though she has been trysting.

    Academic text (2007)
  • You steal the secret of life and death, and here you are trysting with the bubble-headed coed.

  • Often he trysted two or three of them on a single afternoon, bang bang bang, beginning each session with a few shots of Jack Daniels and a plate of imported caviar.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • After weeks of texting, they finally agreed to tryst at the charming café down the street.

  • The couple would often tryst at a cozy inn where they felt safe from the world.

Synonyms

to see
vsto tryst
  • Informal
1.0

To have a romantic relationship with someone

occurs secretly for romantic reasons rather than as an open social visit
to catch a date
vsto tryst
  • Informal
7.5

Manage to meet someone for a romantic time together

happens secretly rather than being openly arranged in public

How Secret

to tryst
  • NSFW
1 8.4
to rendezvous
40 6.8
to meet
1.0

Surface Forms

tryst infinitive
trysted past
trysted past participle
trysting present participle
trysts third person singular

Etymology

To tryst as a verb comes from the same older word tryste, meaning to arrange a meeting, so to tryst someone is to meet them by appointment, often secretly for a romantic purpose.