hat trick
noun
Simple meaning
Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈhætɹɪk
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
by extensionsports
Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.
specificallyice hockeysoccer
Three goals scored by one player in a game.
sports
Three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)
cricket
An achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls.
Any magic trick performed with a hat, especially one involving pulling an object (traditionally a rabbit) out of an apparently empty hat.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.
Used this way, hat trick is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. This is a sporting use: familiar to anyone who follows the game, and puzzling to anyone who does not.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Gentle
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Successful and accomplished
- Usage feel
- Precise and approving
Where it naturally appears
- Sports
- News/reporting
- Everyday conversation
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