hat trick

Etymology
c.1877, originally from cricket, meaning the taking of three wickets with three consecutive balls. Allegedly, a hat trick entitled the bowler to receive a commemorative hat from his club, or alternatively it may have entitled him to pass the hat for a cash collection.

Noun

 * 1)  Three wickets taken by a bowler in three consecutive balls.
 * 2)  Three goals scored by one player in a game, in ice hockey usually followed by fans throwing their hats onto the rink.
 * After Jones' hat trick, the attendants had to pick up about 75 hats from the ice.
 * 1)  Three tries scored by one player in a game.
 * 2)  Three achievements in a single game, or similar, such as three consecutive wins.
 * A "Gordie Howe hat trick" comprises a goal, an assist, and a fighting major penalty.
 * The car salesman came home with front-row seats after turning a hat trick at work.
 * 1)  The act of striking out three times in one game.
 * Jones got a hat trick yesterday. Let's see if he can do something today.
 * 1)  Three incidents or achievements that occur together.
 * 2)  A means of securing a seat in the House of Commons by placing one's hat upon it.
 * 3) Any magic trick performed with a hat.
 * 1)  A means of securing a seat in the House of Commons by placing one's hat upon it.
 * 2) Any magic trick performed with a hat.
 * 1) Any magic trick performed with a hat.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: хеттрик
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 連中三元
 * Czech:
 * Danish: hattrick
 * Faroese: hattrikk
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: χατ τρικ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: tréchleas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ハットトリック
 * Korean:
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 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: hat-trick
 * Swedish: hat-trick, hattrick
 * Tibetan: གསུམ་སྦྲགས
 * Welsh: trithro, camp lawn