Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A group of three persons or things.
- noun An activity involving three people, especially a golf match in which one player competes against two others who alternate their play.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Triple; danced by three persons.
- noun In golf, a match in which one player, playing his own ball, plays against two opponents with one ball, each opponent playing alternate strokes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A group of
three people. - noun An instance of sexual activity involving three people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun three people considered as a unit
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Etymologies
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Examples
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Oh wait the whole premise of a threesome is already pretty lame!!
'Gossip Girl' threesome: Will you watch tonight? | EW.com 2009
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The classical definition of a "threesome" is indeed three people.
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Princess Bumblebee - yes, that threesome is great isn't it?
Snapshot Monday on Wednesday - London Nalini Singh 2009
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The book tells the story of “young, independent Laguna Beach-based marijuana kingpins are blackmailed into working for the Baja Cartel after one of their threesome is kidnapped.”
Oliver Stone To Direct Don Winslow’s Drug Cartel Thriller Savages | /Film 2010
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These guys are a dirty British threesome from the northern metropolis of Sheffield, which also spawned a bunch of brilliant post-punk and electronic acts in the late 70s and early 80s, such as The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, Heaven 17 and ABC (as documented by Eve Wood in Made In Sheffield).
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These guys are a dirty British threesome from the northern metropolis of Sheffield, which also spawned a bunch of brilliant post-punk and electronic acts in the late 70s and early 80s, such as The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, Heaven 17 and ABC (as documented by Eve Wood in Made In Sheffield).
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The main threesome — that’d be Rachel, Brad, and Taylor — talk in ridiculous sound bites, too, that are so damn catchy that you’ll be saying things like “shut it down,” “I die,” and “that’s bananas” before the mini-marathon is over.
'The Rachel Zoe Project' mini-marathon today: Catch up for tomorrow's finale! | EW.com 2009
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Holodigm says: don’t know about y’all, but i’m thinkin threesome
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KING: In the triangle situation, the jealous person of the threesome is the worse off, are they not?
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The threesome is the second-to-last to tee off on the first hole at Augusta National, where Woods will make his much-anticipated return to golf after nearly five months away from the game.
ESPN.com Bob Harig 2010
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