triple-header

noun

Three games played one after another between the same teams.

Meanings

nountriple-header (plural triple-headers)

plural triple-headers · alternative tripleheader · alternative triple header

  1. hobbiesThree games played one after another between the same teams.
  2. Three sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.
  3. Three sporting events, one after the other, broadcast on the same television channel.
  4. broadlyThree similar events of any kind performed on the same day.

    Rabbi Feller, who performs 80 to 100 each year, remembers a June 2007 tripleheader when she officiated at morning and early afternoon ceremonies on the East Side, followed by another at the Central Park Boathouse.

    2009 February 8, John Harney, “‘You May Now Kiss the Bride...Next’”, in New York Times
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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