triple play

noun

: a play in baseball by which three players are put out

Examples of triple play in a Sentence

The batter hit into a triple play. They turned a triple play in the first inning.
Recent Examples on the Web Roberts is now supposed to manage as if trying to stay out of a triple play? Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024 But growing up, Matt's experience of Father's Day was about as complicated as a triple play. Lee Cowan, CBS News, 16 June 2024 An eighth-inning replay reversal erased the Giants’ lone highlight: a potential triple play that would have been their first since 2008. Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024 El Dorado’s defense managed to get a triple play to escape the inning with just a one-run deficit. Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for triple play 

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Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of triple play was in 1866

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“Triple play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple%20play. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

triple play

noun
: a play in baseball by which three base runners are put out
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