Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A card, die, or domino with three pips.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A card or die with three spots. Also tray.
Wiktionary
- n. A playing card with the rank of three.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips.
WordNet 3.0
- n. one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
- n. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Etymologies
- Middle English treye, from Old French treie, from Latin tria, neuter of trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“But Wade then found Jones for the long trey from the right wing and Alonzo Mourning, in foul trouble all night, came across the lane to swat away Larry Hughes 'final attempt to tie the game with eight seconds to go.”
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“We knew they liked to run and lob the ball up for the 'trey' a lot," Maryland guard Chris McCray said.”
“Here, you know, people stake their luck on a cardinal just as they nurse a 'trey' in the lottery, and if their cardinal proves the winning number and becomes pope they gain a fortune.”
“That worthy soul was nursing up a combination of three numbers called a "trey" in a lottery, and lotteries give no credit to their customers.”
“..one quick finger compression is all it takes...like a roll of the loaded dice, it comes up an elliptic "trey" any & every time i need it...”
“amd fan boi: do something useful for once if that is all possible, given your penchant for dead-end technologies, shore up the blogs firewall and the one on fsj's IP also. and for f**k's sake shut up about 'caledonia,' or i'll have 'trey' back here insinuating 'c**kf*g' at you for your effeminate use of 'boi'!”
“For more info check out www.treyanthonystudios.com or to contact trey, please email trey@treyanthonystudios.com.”
The Huffington Post: Trey Anthony: State of Emergency for Black Girls
“He then hit a trey on the first possession after he entered the game at Creighton, but didn't score again in his final college game.”
“Maybe he doesn't want it to get lost in April foolishness? trey”
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“Anne, so glad you found us, and trey cool that it was through Last Will.”
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