What is "hat trick"

1879, originally from cricket, "taking three wickets on three consecutive deliveries;" extended to other sports c.1909, especially ice hockey ("In an earlier contest we had handed Army a 6-2 defeat at West Point as Billy Sloane performed hockey's spectacular 'hat trick' by scoring three goals" ["Princeton Alumni Weekly," Feb. 10, 1941]). Allegedly because it entitled the bowler to receive a hat from his club commemorating the feat (or entitled him to pass the hat for a cash collection), but also influenced by the image of a conjurer pulling things from his hat (an act attested by 1876). The term was used earlier for a different sort of magic trick:\n\nPlace a glass of liquor on the table, put a hat over it, and say, "I will engage to drink every drop of that liquor, and yet I'll not touch the hat." You then get under the table; and after giving three knocks, you make a noise with your mouth, as if you were swallowing the liquor. Then, getting from under the table, say "Now, gentlemen, be pleased to look." Some one, eager to see if you have drunk the liquor, will raise the hat; when you instantly take the glass and swallow the contents, saying, "Gentlemen I have fulfilled my promise: you are all witnesses that I did not touch the hat."

["Wit and Wisdom," London, 1860]

n. 1 (context cricket English) Three wickets taken by a bowler in three consecutive balls. 2 (context ice hockey English) Three goals scored by one player in a game, usually followed by fans throwing their hats onto the ice. 3 (context sports by extension English) Three achievements in a single game, or similar, such as three consecutive wins. 4 (context baseball ironic English) Striking out three times in one game.

n. (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)

Hat Trick is the third original studio album by the American folk rock trio America, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1973. It was a modest hit in the US, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard album chart, although it failed to go gold, whereas the group's first two releases had platinum sales. The album produced one minor hit single, " Muskrat Love" which reached number 67 on the Billboard singles chart and number 11 on the adult contemporary chart. That song would become a bigger hit for Captain & Tennille three years later. The title track is the only song written by all three members of America.

A Hat-trick (commonly known as a hat trick), in various sports, means achieving three goals, wickets, etc. in a single match.

Hat trick, hat-trick or hattrick may refer to:

• "Hat Trick" (Once Upon a Time), an episode of ABC's 2011 fantasy drama Once Upon a Time
• Hattrick, online football management game
• Hat-trick (magic trick), a classic magic trick in which an object is produced from an apparently empty stovepipe hat
• Hattrick (film), a 2007 Bollywood film
• "Hat Trick" (The Mighty B! episode)
• Hat Trick (album), 1973 album by America
• Hat Trick (Jackie McLean album), 1996 album by Jackie McLean
• Hat Trick Productions, British comedy television production company
• Hat Trick (video game), 1984 arcade game based on the sport of ice hockey
• Hat Trick Hero, arcade game, a variant of Football Champ
• Hat manipulation, a form of juggling using a brimmed hat

"Hat Trick" is the 17th episode of the American fairy tale/drama television series Once Upon a Time, which aired in the United States on ABC on March 25, 2012.

The series takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, in which the residents are actually characters from various fairy tales that were transported to the "real world" town by a powerful curse. This episode centers on Jefferson ( Sebastian Stan) and his fairytale counterpart, the Mad Hatter.

It was co-written by David H. Goodman and Vladimir Cvetko, while Ralph Hemecker directed the episode.

Jackie McLean meets Junko Onishi Hat Trick is an album by American jazz alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, released in May 1996 on somethin`else (Toshiba EMI).