This week's theme: words from games and sports. hat trick (hat trik) noun
Three successes in a game or another endeavor. For example, taking three wickets with three successive deliveries by a bowler in a game of cricket, three goals or points won by a player in a game of soccer or ice hockey, etc. [From cricket, from the former practice of awarding a hat to a bowler who dismissed three batsmen with three successive balls.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=hat+trick -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Can real estate investment trusts (REITs) pull off a hat trick? They delivered an impressive total return of 29% in 2000 and a solid 11.5% in 2001, a period when the stock market was in a dive and the economy was sliding into a recession. Sure, vacancy rates are up and rents down, but REIT investors believe they will make money again in 2002." Michael Arndt; REITs Can Be a Roof Over Your Head; BusinessWeek (New York); December 31, 2001. Sponsored by: Smart gifts for smart moms and a special 15% discount. Books, T-shirts, and more: http://www.mentalfloss.com/mom Derivation, a fascinating game about word and phrase origins. A great Mother's Day gift! http://entspire.com ............................................................................ We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. -Edward R. Murrow, journalist (1908-1965) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/hat_trick.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/hat_trick.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/hat_trick.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
