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threesome
[ three-suhm ]
/ ˈθri səm /
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noun
three forming a group.
something in which three persons participate, as certain games.
Golf. a match in which two players, playing alternately with one ball, compete against a third player who also plays one ball.
Also called three-way, three·way, [three-wey] /ˈθri ˌweɪ/ ménage à trois . a sexual encounter with three participants.
adjective
consisting of three; threefold: a threesome consulting firm.
performed or played by three persons: a threesome game of catch.
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How to use threesome in a sentence
The aging star developed an infatuation with the handsome Stapley, creating a tense dynamic into the creative threesome.
‘AIDS Diva,’ ‘Boulevard’ offer history lessons not to be missed|John Paul King|August 27, 2021|Washington BladeRHOA mined season-long drama from an alleged threesome with a stripper at a bachelorette party.
The threesome of Ball, Rozier and Graham stealthily ran roughshod over the NBA before Ball fractured his wrist on March 20.
Could More NBA Teams Succeed With Three Point Guards Playing Together?|Louis Zatzman|April 12, 2021|FiveThirtyEightReporting from Saigon in the early 1960s, he became known as one of the “fearless threesome” of Vietnam War correspondents.
British Dictionary definitions for threesome
threesome
/ (ˈθriːsəm) /
noun
a group of three
golf a match in which a single player playing his own ball competes against two others playing alternate strokes on the same ball
any game, etc, for three people
(modifier) performed by threea threesome game
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