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- n a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
- n a set of three similar things considered as a unit
- n a quantity that is three times as great as another
- v increase threefold
- v hit a three-base hit
- s having three units or components or elements
overcrowding made triple sessions necessary
triple time has three beats per measure
triplex windows - s three times as great or many
a claim for treble (or triple) damages
- In the wake of a horrific triple homicide, a debate over whether a city law is sheltering violent criminals from deportation.
- He turned two triple-triple jump combinations into triple-doubles, singled one triple Axel and fell while trying to insert another at the end.
- Greg Hinsdale Corbis Superstitious Americans (and apparently one French-born point guard with an NBA championship on the line) have gone to great lengths to secure the triple .