"hat trick" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhætɹɪk/ Audio: en-au-hat trick.ogg [Australia] Forms: hat tricks [plural]
enPR: hătʹrĭk Rhymes: -ætɹɪk Etymology: c.1877, originally from cricket, meaning the taking of three wickets with three consecutive balls. Allegedly, a hat trick entitled the bowler to receive a commemorative hat from his club, or alternatively it may have entitled him to pass the hat for a cash collection. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hat trick (plural hat tricks)
  1. (cricket) Three wickets taken by a bowler in three consecutive balls. Categories (topical): Cricket, Three
    Sense id: en-hat_trick-en-noun-PZL6rk28 Disambiguation of Three: 12 17 14 12 11 14 7 13 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (ice hockey, soccer) Three goals scored by one player in a game, in ice hockey usually followed by fans throwing their hats onto the rink. Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Ice hockey, Three
    Sense id: en-hat_trick-en-noun-lyDTNPOJ Disambiguation of Three: 12 17 14 12 11 14 7 13 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 22 6 6 13 7 12 27 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, soccer, sports
  3. (rugby) Three tries scored by one player in a game. Categories (topical): Rugby, Three
    Sense id: en-hat_trick-en-noun-OupX5wvH Disambiguation of Three: 12 17 14 12 11 14 7 13 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
  4. (sports, by extension) Three achievements in a single game, or similar, such as three consecutive wins. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Sports, Three Translations (three achievements in a single game or similar): хеттрик (hettrik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), triplet [masculine] (Catalan), 帽子戲法 (Chinese Mandarin), 帽子戏法 (màozi xìfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 連中三元 (Chinese Mandarin), 连中三元 (liánzhòngsānyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), hattrick [masculine] (Czech), hattrick [neuter] (Danish), hattrikk [neuter] (Faroese), hattutemppu (Finnish), tour du chapeau [Canada, masculine] (French), coup du chapeau [France] (French), Hattrick [masculine] (German), χατ τρικ (english: chat trik) [neuter] (Greek), mesterhármas (Hungarian), tréchleas [masculine] (Irish), tripletta [feminine] (Italian), ハットトリック (hatto torikku) (Japanese), 해트트릭 (haeteuteurik) (Korean), hat-trick [masculine] (Portuguese), triplu [neuter] (Romanian), хет-трик (xet-trik) [masculine] (Russian), hat-trick [masculine] (Spanish), hat-trick (Swedish), hattrick [neuter] (Swedish), trithro [masculine] [cricket, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Welsh), camp lawn [feminine] [football, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-hat_trick-en-noun--yO9CUXP Disambiguation of Three: 12 17 14 12 11 14 7 13 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'three achievements in a single game or similar': 7 11 9 45 9 9 4 6
  5. (baseball, ironic) The act of striking out three times in one game. Tags: ironic Categories (topical): Baseball, Three
    Sense id: en-hat_trick-en-noun-PgYfszXV Disambiguation of Three: 12 17 14 12 11 14 7 13 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 22 6 6 13 7 12 27 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. (by extension) Three incidents or achievements that occur together. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Three
    Sense id: en-hat_trick-en-noun-ETNBoSEO Disambiguation of Three: 12 17 14 12 11 14 7 13
  7. (UK politics, historical) A means of securing a seat in the House of Commons by placing one's hat upon it. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): UK politics
    Sense id: en-hat_trick-en-noun-Zx2-OqMt Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 22 6 6 13 7 12 27 Topics: government, politics
  8. Any magic trick performed with a hat. Categories (topical): Three Synonyms: hattrick, hat-trick Derived forms: Gordie Howe hat trick
    Sense id: en-hat_trick-en-noun-qfR3oIFN Disambiguation of Three: 12 17 14 12 11 14 7 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 15 9 7 17 9 9 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 22 6 6 13 7 12 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 17 7 7 14 8 14 26

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          "ref": "2017, Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World, page 1473523923",
          "text": "To pull this off, the authority required three things: the ability to identify cases in a timely fashion, and so determine the infection's direction of travel; an understanding of how the disease spread (by water? air? insect vector?), and hence the measures that were likely to block it; and some means of ensuring compliance with those measures. When all three of these ingredients – which we'll describe in more detail in the following sections – were in place, containment could be extremely effective, but a hat-trick was rare.",
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      "word": "tour du chapeau"
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      "sense": "three achievements in a single game or similar",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Hattrick"
    },
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      "sense": "three achievements in a single game or similar",
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      "note": "שלושער m (shloshá'ar, literally “three-gate/goal”)",
      "sense": "three achievements in a single game or similar"
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      "sense": "three achievements in a single game or similar",
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      "word": "tripletta"
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      "sense": "three achievements in a single game or similar",
      "word": "ハットトリック"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "haeteuteurik",
      "sense": "three achievements in a single game or similar",
      "word": "해트트릭"
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "note": "གསུམ་སྦྲགས (gsum sbrags, literally “pack-of-three”)",
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