hat trick
Origin of hat trick
How to use hat trick in a sentence
In 2010, she scored an Oscar hat-trick with The Young Victoria.
Finally! ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Is Hollywood’s First 1990s Period Piece|Andrew Romano|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEASTThe "double hat-trick" was six consecutive wickets, the last six, all clean bowled.
The Wonder|J. D. BeresfordUpon a similar wicket had he not done the famous hat-trick only three weeks before?
The Hill|Horace Annesley VachellIt played the "hat trick" with the gentility of modern manners.
Now It Can Be Told|Philip Gibbs
British Dictionary definitions for hat trick
Cultural definitions for hat trick
In some sports, such as ice hockey, three goals by one player in a single game: “Lemieux scores for the third time tonight; he finally has the hat trick he's been looking for all season.”
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hat trick
An extremely clever or adroit maneuver, as in It looked as though the party was going to achieve a hat trick in this election. The term originated in cricket, where it refers to three wickets taken by a bowler in three consecutive balls, traditionally rewarded with the presentation of a hat. It later was transferred to ice hockey, soccer, and baseball, where it denotes three consecutive successes (goals, hits), and then to more general use.