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tri⋅ple

  [trip-uhl] adjective, noun, verb, -pled, -pling.
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–adjective
1. threefold; consisting of three parts: a triple knot.
2. of three kinds; threefold in character or relationship.
3. three times as great.
4. International Law. tripartite.
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
12. to become triple.
13. Baseball. to make a triple.
Origin:
1325–75; ME (n. and v.) < L triplus (adj.), equiv. to tri- tri- + (du)plus duple
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tri·ple   (trĭp'əl)   
adj.  

  1. Consisting of three parts or members.

  2. Three times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.

  3. Music Having three beats to a measure.

n.  

  1. A number or quantity three times as great as another.

  2. A group or set of three; a triad.

  3. Baseball See three-base hit.

  4. See trifecta.

v.   tri·pled, tri·pling, tri·ples

v.   tr.
To make three times as great in number or amount.
v.   intr.

  1. To be or become three times as great in number or amount.

  2. Baseball To make a three-base hit.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin triplus (on the model of Greek triploos) : Latin tri-, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + -plus, -fold; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
triple

  1. n.
    a large alcoholic drink containing three measures of hard liquor. : One triple, but no more. I'm cutting down, remember?

  2. Go to triple-bagger. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

triple  (v.)
1375, from M.L. triplare "to triple," from L. triplus "threefold, triple," from tri- "three" + -plus "-fold." The noun is recorded from c.1428; the baseball sense is attested from 1880. The adj. is recorded from 1550.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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