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Definition: Meaning of, triple in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈtrɪp(ə)l /

  • adjective, predeterminer
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  1. having three parts or involving three groups, people, events etc [↪  double]
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  2. three times more than a particular number
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
triple tripled tripled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
tripling triples
[intransitive and transitive]
  1. to increase by three times as much, or to make something do this [↪  double]
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Singular Plural
triple triples
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  1. a hit of the ball in BASEball that allows the BATTER to get to the third BASE
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  2. three turns of your body in a sport such as ICE SKATING or GYMNASTICS
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triple used in phrases

  • Triple Crown, the
    1. a title for winning all three of a set of important events in various sports. In British horse racing, it is especially for winning the St Leger, the Derby, and the Two Thousand Guineas. In US horse racing, it is especially for winning the Preakness, the Belmont Stakes, and the Kentucky Derby. In Rugby Union, the Triple Crown is for beating all three of the other home countries
  • Triple Frontier (noun)
    1. the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American centre for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups
  • line triple (noun)
    1. a triple resulting from a line drive
  • line-drive triple (noun)
    1. a triple resulting from a line drive
  • triple cream (noun)
    1. fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat
  • triple crown (noun)
    1. horse racing a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness
    2. baseball an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs
  • triple crème (noun)
    1. fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat
  • triple jump (noun)
    1. an ATHLETICS event in which you jump with one foot, then with your other foot, and finally with both feet
  • triple play (noun)
    1. the act of getting three players out on one play
  • triple point (noun)
    1. physics the unique temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid and gas phases of a substance are all in equilibrium
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