threes
Noun
Meaning
threes
plural of three
The age of three; three years old.
The boy in his threes is just learning to talk.
(poker slang) A pair of threes.
(basketball) Three point shots.
(UK, prison slang) The cells located on the second floor.
Coordinate terms: ones, twos, fours, fives
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Anagrams
Examples
The Ramans do everything in threes.
the number 108 is held to be the most auspicious, a perfect three-digit multiple of three, its components adding up to 9, which is three threes. And 3, of course, is the number representing supreme balance.
Fair stands the ancient Rectory, The Rectory of Croft, The sun shines bright upon it, The breezes whisper soft. From all the house and garden Its inhabitants come forth, And muster in the road without, And pace in twos and threes about, The children of the North.
Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours.
Problems come in threes.
Misfortunes always come in threes. These things always come in threes.