Triple Crown

[trip-uhl kroun]

noun

1. an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.

2. a usually unofficial title held by someone who wins three major awards, achievements, or championships in the same year.

   She's the youngest player to have won the league's pitching triple crown (wins, ERA, and strikeouts) two years in a row.

triple crown

noun

1. RC Church the Pope's tiara

2. horse racing the winning of three important races in one season

3. (often capitals) rugby Union a victory by Scotland, England, Wales, or Ireland in all three games against the others in the annual Six (formerly, Five) Nations Championship Compare grand slam

Example Sentences

In 2021, Kupp won the so-called triple crown of receiving, was named NFL offensive player of the year and won the Super Bowl LVI most-valuable-player award.

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They also appeared together in May when Urban was honoured at the Academy of Country Music Awards with the ACM Triple Crown Award.

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Costas joked that he had accomplished “the trifecta, the hat trick, the triple crown.”

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Trout also finished a close second for American League MVP to Miguel Cabrera, who won the Triple Crown.

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Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode Secretariat during his Triple Crown year in 1973 and electrified the sport, died Friday at his home in Canada.

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