Anagrams of THRIP__

• a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

• the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

• English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)

• the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• The state of being defective.

• (chiefly South Australia) A type of processed meat sausage; devon

• To go wrong or become defective.

• German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)

• the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

• German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)

• a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water)

• eject (a liquid) quickly

• cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it

• luxuriously elegant

• something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

• goods or money obtained illegally

• something given as a token of victory

• of superior grade

• hold dear

• to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

• regard highly; think much of

• any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail

• (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp

• characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness