Trey

//tɹeɪ// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A playing card or die with the rank of three.

    "Before you begin the Game at Picket, you must throw out of the Pack the Deuces, Treys, Fours and Fives, and play with the rest of the Cards, which are in number thirty and six."

  2. 2
    one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips wordnet
  3. 3
    A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
  4. 4
    the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one wordnet
  5. 5
    A three-pointer. Canada, US, informal, obsolete
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  1. 6
    A three penny coin; a thrippence. Australia, informal
  2. 7
    The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III. informal
  3. 8
    The third branch of a deer's antler.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A nickname for someone who is the third person in the family sharing his father's name.
  2. 2
    A male given name from English of modern usage, derived from the nickname.

Synonyms

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3acebowercardcloverdeck

Example

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"Before you begin the Game at Picket, you must throw out of the Pack the Deuces, Treys, Fours and Fives, and play with the rest of the Cards, which are in number thirty and six."

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.

Related phrases

playing cardthree pointertray trip

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