hat trick vs triplet

hat trick

noun
  • Striking out three times in one game. 

  • Three achievements in a single game, or similar, such as three consecutive wins. 

  • Three wickets taken by a bowler in three consecutive balls. 

  • Three incidents or achievements that occur together. 

  • A means of securing a seat in the House of Commons by placing one's hat upon it. 

  • Three goals scored by one player in a game, in ice hockey usually followed by fans throwing their hats onto the rink. 

  • Any magic trick performed with a hat. 

triplet

noun
  • One of a group of three, particularly 

  • A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet. 

  • One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother. 

  • A constructed gem consisting of a thin slice of natural opal sandwiched between a clear glass or quartz top and a synthetic or stone backing that enhances the colour of the opal. 

  • A quantum state with three allowed projections for the spin. 

  • A triquark. 

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