TRIPLE


Meaning of TRIPLE in English

/trip"euhl/ , adj., n., v., tripled, tripling .

adj.

1. threefold; consisting of three parts: a triple knot.

2. of three kinds; threefold in character or relationship.

3. three times as great.

4. Internat. Law. tripartite.

n.

5. an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.

6. a group, set, or series of three; something threefold; triad.

7. Also called three-base hit . Baseball. a base hit that enables a batter to reach third base safely.

8. Bowling. three strikes in succession.

9. trifecta.

v.t.

10. to make triple.

11. Baseball. to cause to come into home plate by a triple: to triple a runner home; to triple a run in.

v.i.

12. to become triple.

13. Baseball. to make a triple.

[ 1325-75; ME (n. and v.) triplus (adj.), equiv. to tri- TRI- + ( du ) plus DUPLE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .