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Hat-trick

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

/ˈhæt trɪk/nounCore term

In football (soccer), hat-trick means: Three goals scored by the same player in a single match; a perfect hat-trick is one with the left foot, one with the right foot and one header.

In Turkish: hat-trick, bir maçta üç gol

How it is used

Players score or complete a hat-trick, and by tradition they take home the match ball. When a player has two goals, commentators say he is "on a hat-trick". The expression comes from cricket.

Example sentences

  1. She scored a hat-trick in the first half alone.

  2. He completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot.

Common collocations

  • score a hat-trick
  • first-half hat-trick
  • perfect hat-trick
  • on a hat-trick
  • goalA point scored when the whole ball crosses the goal line between the posts and under the crossbar; also the frame with a net that teams try to put the ball into.
  • scoreTo get a goal by putting the ball into the opponents' net. As a noun, the score is the number of goals each team has at a given moment.
  • strikerAn attacking player who plays closest to the opponents' goal and whose main job is to score goals.
  • penaltyA shot at goal from the penalty spot, 11 metres (12 yards) from the goal line, given when a defender commits a direct free-kick offence inside their own penalty area.

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