/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 ]