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tripled

tripled is the simple past and past participle of triple.

Meaning of triple

Verb

triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)

  1. To multiply by three.
    • The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
    Synonyms:
    treble
  2. To get a three-base hit.
    • The batter tripled into the gap.
  3. To become three times as large.
    • Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
  4. To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
    • Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.1982 January, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench, volume 157, number 1, page 106

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Phrases with tripled

Questions about tripled

What is tripled the simple past and past participle of?
Tripled is the simple past and past participle of triple.

Words near tripled in the dictionary

  1. triple-threaters
  2. triple-triple
  3. triple-triples
  4. triple-whammies
  5. triple-whammy
  6. tripled
  7. tripled down
  8. tripled pawn
  9. tripled pawns
  10. tripledemic
  11. tripledemics

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