[trip-uh
l] 
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. |
[trahy-fek-tuh] | 1. | a type of bet, esp. on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first three finishers in exact order. |
| 2. | a race in which such bets are made. Compare superfecta. |
| 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. |
| tri·fec·ta (trī-fěk'tə) n. A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple. [tri- + (per)fecta.] |
| tri·ple (trĭp'əl) adj.
v. tr. To make three times as great in number or amount. v. intr.
[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.] |