three times three
three times three noun: three cheers; a cry of "hip hip hooray" repeated three times.
Noun
three times three (uncountable)
- Three cheers; a cry of "hip hip hooray" repeated three times.
- The volunteers having finished their dinner, his majesty's health was given, in a bumper, by upwards of six thousand, all standing, uncovered, with three times three, and loud and reiterated acclamations of joy, accompanied by the music of all the bands.1808, David Hughson, London, page 233
- Through all our land we could not boast
A knight more gay, more prompt than he,
To rise and fill a bumper toast,
And pass it round with three times three.1815, Thomas Love Peacock, Headlong Hall
three times three meaning in Tamil and Telugu
three times three in Tamil
- மும்மூன்று
three times three in Telugu
- three times three
- ముమ్మూడు mummūḍu, మూడుమూళ్లు mūḍumūḷlu
Questions about three times three
- What does three times three mean?
- Three times three means three cheers; a cry of "hip hip hooray" repeated three times.
- What is three times three in Tamil?
- Three times three in Tamil is மும்மூன்று. See Three times three meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is three times three?
- Three times three is a noun.
Words near three times three in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: three times three (page history and authors); three times three (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ముమ్మూడు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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