triple

  1. Adjective.  Made up of three related elements, often matching.
  2. Adjective.  Three times the quantity.
  3. Adjective.  Designed for three users.
  4. Adjective.  Folded in three; composed of three layers.
  5. Adjective.  Having three aspects; very ambiguous.
  6. Adjective.  (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
  7. Noun.  (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
  8. Noun.  (US) A hamburger with three patties.
  9. Noun.  (baseball) A three-base hit.
  10. Noun.  (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
  11. Noun.  (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
  12. Verb.  To multiply by three.
  13. Verb.  (baseball) To get a three-base hit.
  14. Verb.  To become three times as large.

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