Three-peat

Three-peat is a portmanteau of the words three and repeat.

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It is used either as a verb or noun used in American sports to refer to winning a third championship in a row.

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The OED credits an Illinois high school senior, Sharif Ford, with the earliest published use of the word in the March 8, 1989 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; the quote serves to provide a clear etymology for the term as well:

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The Lincoln High Tigers say they want to "three-peat". "You know, kind of like repeat, except doing it for the third time," senior Sharif Ford said.

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But Snopes.com reports that Byron Scott, then a basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers, coined the term in 1988 as the Lakers started a season that might have ended in a third straight NBA title. Shortly thereafter, Lakers head coach Pat Riley trademarked the term for use on shirts, hats, and other apparel.

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Verb: A verb is a part of speech that usually denotes action ("bring", "read"), occurrence ("decompose", "glitter"), or a state of being ("exist", "stand"). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. It may also agree...

Noun: A noun, or noun substantive, is a word or phrase that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality. Nouns are parts of speech and can be classified in different ways such as proper nouns (e.g. "Janet") versus common nouns (e.g. "girl"), or collective nouns (e.g. "bunch", "herd"). N...

American: :This page disambiguates the many uses of American. For an article about those various uses, please see Use of the word American....

Three-peat related Images and Photos (experimental)

Three	Three C's	Three Cats	Three Kois
Three Pears	Three Pears	Three Chefs	Three Pears
Three Faces	Three Kings	Three Boats	Three Kings (BD)