"triple play" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: triple plays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} triple play (plural triple plays)
  1. (baseball) A defensive play in which three outs are recorded. Categories (topical): Baseball Translations ((baseball) a play where three outs are recorded): triple eliminació [feminine] (Catalan), triplapeli (Finnish), triple jeu [masculine] (French), 삼중살 (samjungsal) (alt: 三重殺) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-triple_play-en-noun-0afrJcI2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of '(baseball) a play where three outs are recorded': 91 9
  2. An offering of three bundled services, especially telephone, television and broadband Internet. Categories (topical): Three
    Sense id: en-triple_play-en-noun-CpNgZbDw Disambiguation of Three: 41 59 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: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53

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