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  • past participle of truss.
  • past tense form of truss.
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trussed

[truhst] / trʌst /


ADJECTIVE
tied
Synonyms


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It’s a childish performance that is trussed up as an important meditation on the Declaration.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2026

Don't cut your carrot on the board you just trussed the chicken on either.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2023

A teenage boy is with them, his arm encased in a crude, homemade splint, trussed together with string.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2017

I felt like a trussed turkey as the time came to give the rope that tethered me to the oak a pull.

From Seattle Times Apr. 13, 2017

Jason ran on, his hands in his pockets fell down and lay there like a trussed fowl until Versh set him up.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner




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