Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Related Searches
Synonyms
Nearby Words

three-base hit

 - 5 dictionary results
Hit Three
Hit Three Online. Shop Target.com.
www.Target.com
Base Hit
Buy Base Hit up to 50% cheaper on best-price.com
www.best-price.com/Base+Hit
Three Base
400+ Three Bases at Great Prices. Shop, Compare and Save at Pronto.
Base.Pronto.com

three-base hit

  [three-beys]
Use three-base hit in a Sentence
–noun Baseball.
triple (def. 7).
Origin:
1870–75, Americanism
Hit Three
Hit Three Online. Shop Target.com.
www.Target.com
Base Hit
Buy Base Hit up to 50% cheaper on best-price.com
www.best-price.com/Base+Hit

tri⋅ple

  [trip-uhl] adjective, noun, verb, -pled, -pling.
–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
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To three-base hit
three-base hit   (thrē'bās')
n.   Baseball
A base hit that allows the batter to reach third base without being put out. Also called three-bagger, triple.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
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.
Cite This Source
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
Cite This Source
Search another word or see three-base hit on Thesaurus | Reference
Three Base
400+ Three Bases at Great Prices. Shop, Compare and Save at Pronto.
Base.Pronto.com
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way