noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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The car salesman came home with front-row seats to the weekend game after achieving a hat trick by selling three cars that day.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A means of securing a seat in the House of Commons by a Member of Parliament placing their hat upon it during an absence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical, rare
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
(sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: score
History
Etymology
Exocentric compound of hat (“head covering”, noun) + trick (“element of a magician’s or variety entertainer’s act; entertaining and difficult physical action”, noun). Sense 2 (“achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls”)—the original sporting sense—refers to the commemorative hat formerly given as a prize to the bowler by his club.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
hattutemppu
— magic trick performed with a hat
Polish:
trik z kapeluszem
— magic trick performed with a hat
Afrikaans:
driekuns
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Arabic:
هاتريك
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Armenian:
հեթ-տրիկ
(hetʻ-trik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Basque:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Belarusian:
хет-трык
(xjet-tryk)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Bengali:
হ্যাট্রিক
(hêṭrik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Bulgarian:
хеттрик
(hettrik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Catalan:
triplet
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Chinese Mandarin:
連中三元 /连中三元
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Chinese Mandarin:
帽子戲法 /帽子戏法
(màozi xìfǎ)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Czech:
hattrick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Danish:
hattrick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Dutch:
hattrick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Estonian:
kübaratrikk
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Faroese:
hattrikk
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Finnish:
hattutemppu
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
French:
coup du chapeau
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
French:
tour du chapeau
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Galician:
triplete
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
German:
Hattrick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Greek:
χατ τρικ
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Hindi:
हैट्रिक
(haiṭrik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Hungarian:
mesterhármas
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Indonesian:
trigol
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Irish:
tréchleas
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Italian:
tripletta
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Japanese:
ハットトリック
(hatto torikku)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Kazakh:
хет-трик
(xet-trik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Korean:
해트트릭
(haeteuteurik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Latvian:
hat trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Latvian:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Macedonian:
хет-трик
(het-trik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Malayalam:
ഹാട്രിക്
(hāṭrikŭ)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Marathi:
हॅटट्रिक
(hĕṭaṭrik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Nepali:
ह्याट्रिक
(hyāṭrik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Norwegian Bokmål:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Persian:
هتتریک
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Polish:
hat trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Portuguese:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Punjabi:
ہیٹ ٹرک
(heṭ ṭrk)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Romanian:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Romanian:
triplu
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Russian:
хет-трик
(xet-trik)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Slovak:
hetrik
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Slovene:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Spanish:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Swedish:
hattrick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Swedish:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Thai:
แฮตทริก
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Turkish:
hat trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Ukrainian:
хет-трик
(xet-tryk)
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Urdu:
ہیٹ ٹرک
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Vietnamese:
hat-trick
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Welsh:
hat-tric
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Welsh:
camp lawn
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Welsh:
trithro
— three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.
Finnish:
hattutemppu
— three achievements or incidents that occur together, usually within a certain period of time
Polish:
hat trick
— three achievements or incidents that occur together, usually within a certain period of time
Finnish:
paikan pitäminen hatulla
— means of securing a seat in the House of Commons by a Member of Parliament placing their hat upon it during an absence
Polish:
hat trick
— means of securing a seat in the House of Commons by a Member of Parliament placing their hat upon it during an absence