Trey

Quick meaning: Trey is a noun meaning (card games, occasionally dice games) A playing card or die with the rank of three.

Meaning

(card games, occasionally dice games) A playing card or die with the rank of three.

More Meanings

1. (card games, dice games, dominoes) A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
2. (US, Canada, basketball, informal, obsolete) A three-pointer.
3. (Australia, informal) A three penny coin; a thrippence.
4. (informal) The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
5. The third branch of a deer's antler.

Example Sentences

He had been a pretty good guy, straight as ace-deuce-trey-four-five, till he got on the force.

Davidson had caught a trey which did not seem to improve his hand, yet he threw three dollars into the pot.

Before you begin the Game at Picket, you must throw out of the Pack the Deuces, Treys, Fours and Fives, and play with the rest of the Cards, which are in number thirty and six.

You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Word Forms

• treys

Synonyms for trey

Depending on context, synonyms include troika, trine, ternary, tercet, ternion, three.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tercet, threesome, tierce, trinity, triad, trio.

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