a three-bagger

a three-bagger
I. (baseball)
a hit that allows the batter to run to third base
  

Molitor hit a three-bagger in the sixth game of the World Series.

II.
a person who needs three bags over his head because he looks so scary
  

"What did he look like?" "He was at least a three-bagger. He also needed a bath."


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  • three-bagger — See a three bagger …   English idioms

  • three-bagger — /three bag euhr/, n. Baseball Informal. triple (def. 7). [1870 75, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • three-bagger — three bag·ger …   English syllables

  • three-bagger — three′ bag′ger n. spo triple 6) • Etymology: 1880–85, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • three-bagger — noun a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base • Syn: ↑triple, ↑three base hit • Derivationally related forms: ↑triple (for: ↑triple) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • three-bagger — noun Date: 1881 triple …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • three-basehit — three base hit (thrēʹbās ) n. Baseball A base hit that allows the batter to reach third base without being put out. Also called three bagger, triple. * * * …   Universalium

  • three-base hit — ☆ three base hit [thrē′bās′ ] Baseball a hit on which the batter reaches third base: also Slang three bagger [thrē′bag′ər] n …   English World dictionary

  • three-base hit — noun a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base • Syn: ↑triple, ↑three bagger • Derivationally related forms: ↑triple (for: ↑triple) • Hypernyms: ↑base …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bagger 288 — The Bagger 288 (Excavator 288), built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket wheel excavator. More specifically, it is a mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger… …   Wikipedia

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