triple
Meanings
Plural: triples
Noun
- a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
- a set of three similar things considered as a unit
- a quantity that is three times as great as another
- Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc.
- A drink with three portions of alcohol.
- Three runs.
- A hamburger with three patties.
- A three-base hit: a triple play.
- A three-point field goal.
- A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
- A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
Verb
- increase threefold
- "Triple your income!"
- hit a three-base hit
- To multiply by three.
- To get a three-base hit.
- To become three times as large.
- To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
Adjective Satellite
- having three units or components or elements
- "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"
- "triple time has three beats per measure"
- "triplex windows"
- three times as great or many
- "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"
Adj
- Made up of three related elements, often matching
- Of three times the quantity; treble.
- Designed for three users.
- Folded in three; composed of three layers.
- Having three aspects.
- Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
- One of three; third.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
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From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.
Synonyms
tern, ternary, three-bagger, three-base hit, three-fold, threefold, thrissome, treble, triad, triadic, trinary, trine, trio, triple, triplet, triplex
Scrabble Score: 8
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