"three-peat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-three-peat.ogg Forms: three-peats [plural], threepeat [alternative]
Etymology: Blend of three + repeat. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|three|repeat}} Blend of three + repeat Head templates: {{en-noun|nolink=1}} three-peat (plural three-peats)
  1. (US, slang) A third successive win. Tags: US, slang Derived forms: fourpeat, four-peat Related terms: hat trick
    Sense id: en-three-peat-en-noun-4L3togBn Categories (other): American English, English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 56 44

Verb

Audio: En-au-three-peat.ogg Forms: three-peats [present, singular, third-person], three-peating [participle, present], three-peated [participle, past], three-peated [past], threepeat [alternative]
Etymology: Blend of three + repeat. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|three|repeat}} Blend of three + repeat Head templates: {{en-verb|nolink=1}} three-peat (third-person singular simple present three-peats, present participle three-peating, simple past and past participle three-peated)
  1. (US, slang) To win something three times consecutively. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-three-peat-en-verb-MGqVjcUd Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Three Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Three: 1 99

Inflected forms

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