[three-beys] 
[trip-uhl] adjective, noun, verb, -pled, -pling.| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 12. | to become triple. |
| 13. | Baseball. to make a triple. |