triple : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a triple resulting from a line drive
  line triple.
  

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• noun a triple resulting from a line drive
  line triple.
  

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• noun fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat
  triple cream.
  

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• noun fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat
  triple cream.
  

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• noun (horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness
  
• noun (baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs
  

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• the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See Tiara, 2. (b) (Sport) The championship in three specific categories of a sport in one year, if won by a single contender; as (Baseball) The championship in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI's) in one league.

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• noun the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups
  

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• noun an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement
  hop-step-and-jump.
  

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• (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented.

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• noun the act of getting three players out on one play
  

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• (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3.

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• (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple salt.

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• noun type of curacao having higher alcoholic content
  

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• (Astron.), a system of three stars in close proximity.

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• noun musical time with three beats in each bar
  

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• (Mus.), that time in which each measure is divided into three equal parts.

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• in an automatic air brake for railroad cars, the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading from the locomotive.

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• adjective satellite of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races
  
• adjective satellite unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in
  

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• noun a season of baseball during which a player wins the triple crown
  

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Tri"ple-crowned` adjective

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1. Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.

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• noun made with three slices of usually toasted bread
  three-decker; club sandwich.
  

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• a compound steam engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively.

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Tri"ple-head`ed adjective

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1. Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.

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• verb type with two empty spaces between lines
  triple-space.
  

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• noun typing that leaves two lines blank between lines of typing
  
• verb type with two empty spaces between lines
  triple-space.
  

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Tri"ple-tail` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.

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• verb play fast notes on a wind instrument
  double tongue.
  

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