line-drive triple
line triple | a triple resulting from a line drive |
triple
three-base hit
three-bagger | a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base |
murder
slaying
execution | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
slaughter massacre
mass murder
carnage
butchery | the savage and excessive killing of many people |
| triple play | the act of getting three players out on one play |
| murder conviction | conviction for murder |
genocide
race murder
racial extermination | systematic killing of a racial or cultural group |
| triple | a quantity that is three times as great as another |
| murder mystery | a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered |
| triple-spacing | typing that leaves two lines blank between lines of typing |
| blue murder | an extravagantly loud outcry, she screamed blue murder |
murder charge
murder indictment | an indictment charging someone with murder |
triple jump
hop-step-and-jump | an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement |
club sandwich
three-decker
triple-decker | made with three slices of usually toasted bread |
triple cream
triple creme | fresh soft French cheese containing at least % fat |
| triple sec | type of curacao having higher alcoholic content |
| trio triad triplet triple | a set of three similar things considered as a unit |
| Triple Frontier | the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet, an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering, a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups |
| murder suspect | someone suspected of committing murder |
| triple crown | (baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs |
| triple crown | (horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness |
| triple time | musical time with three beats in each bar |
triple
treble | increase threefold, Triple your income! |
| mangle mutilate murder | alter so as to make unrecognizable, The tourists murdered the French language |
| triple-space | type with two empty spaces between lines |
| triple | hit a three-base hit |
double tongue
triple-tongue | play fast notes on a wind instrument |
murder
slay
hit
dispatch bump off
off
polish off
remove | kill intentionally and with premeditation, The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered |
ternary
treble triple
triplex | having three units or components or elements, a ternary operation, a treble row of red beads, overcrowding made triple sessions necessary, triple time has three beats per measure, triplex windows |
treble
threefold three-fold triple | three times as great or many, a claim for treble (or triple) damages, a threefold increase |
| triple-crown | unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in |
| triple-crown | of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races |
| flat out like blue murder | at top speed, he ran flat out to catch the bus, he was off down the road like blue murder |