Hat Trick
WordNet
noun
(1) (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)
WiktionaryText
Etymology
c.1877, originally from cricket, meaning taking three wickets on three bowls. This extended to other sports. Allegedly because it entitled the bowler to receive a hat from his club, or perhaps it entitled him to pass the hat for a cash collection.
Noun
- Three wickets taken by a bowler in three consecutive balls.
- Three goals scored by one player in a game, usually followed by a shower of hats onto the ice.
- After Jones' hat trick, the attendents had to pick up about 75 hats from the ice.
- 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.
- Striking out three times in one game.
- Jones got a hat trick yesterday. Let's see if he can do something today.