hat trick

hat trick

n. Sports

1. Three goals scored by one player in one game, as in ice hockey.

2. Three wickets taken in cricket by a bowler in three consecutive balls.

3. Three consecutive wins or outstanding accomplishments by the same individual, such as a jockey in horse racing.

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[From the hat with which the feat was traditionally rewarded in cricket.]

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hat trick

Noun

1. Cricket the achievement of a bowler in taking three wickets with three successive balls

2. any achievement of three successive goals, victories, etc.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hat trick - (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.) score - the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" hockey game, ice hockey, hockey - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks cricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

Translations

hat trick n to score a hat trick (BRIT) (SPORT) → marcar tres tantos (or triunfos) seguidos

hat trick n (Brit) (Sport), (also fig);

to get a hat trick → réussir trois coups (or gagner trois matchs etc) consécutifs

hat trick n → Hattrick m

hat trick n (BRIT ) (SPORT), (also fig): to get a hat trick → segnare tre punti consecutivi (or vincere per tre volte consecutive)