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    [Noun]  | "tre*ble" | \ ˈtre-bəl \


    1: the highest voice part in harmonic music : soprano

    2: one that performs a treble part; also : a member of a family of instruments having the highest range

    3: a high-pitched or shrill voice, tone, or sound


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, the highest part in a three-part composition, from treble, adjective;

    [Noun]  | "treble clef" 


    1: a clef that places G above middle C on the second line of the staff

    2: treble staff


    Origin: 1667 ;

     {see: |treble:1|treble:1}; from its use for the notation of treble parts;

    [Noun]  | "treble staff" 


    1: the musical staff carrying the treble clef


    Origin: circa 1854 ;

    [Adjective]  | "treble" 


    1: relating to or having the range or part of a treble

    2: high-pitched, shrill

    3: of, relating to, or having the range of treble in sound recording and broadcasting


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin triplus{mat|triple|};

    [Verb]  | "treble" 


    1: to increase threefold

    2: to sing treble

    3: to grow to three times the size, amount, or number


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "treble" 


    1: having a high musical pitch or range;


      * e.g., " ... the treble shrieks of children at play "





    2: having three units or parts;


      * e.g., " ... a treble painting, with each panel telling a different part of the Nativity story "



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     [ "treble" ]

    1: Something your football team (Arsenal? Chelsea? Liverpool? Leeds?) will never win.

      * e.g.,  ... Have you ever won the Treble, have you fuck? 

     [ "Treble" ]

    1: Choral term used to describe a boy whose voice has not yet broken, and can sing really really high. A pre-requisite to being a treble is you have to be small, annoying, and small.

      * e.g.,  ... *Squeaky voice* : Hi, my names Fred, and I like cellos! 


     [ "Treble" ]

    2: See also, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Hugo.

      * e.g.,  ... *Choir master* : Excellent, you're the next Treble soloist! 

     [ "Trebling" ]

    1: An old(er) person that's annoying you (i.e. bothering, pestering, and/or harassing you), used only in a derogatory sense. This has dated back to 2020 when it first started being used against the elderly.

      * e.g.,  ... This trebling wouldn't stop yelling at me at work today. 

     [ "the treble" ]

    1: A term derived from a humorous culture of slang used to describe anything referring to the letter 3, pronounced treb-ol not treb-lay as many have mistaken. Often used to describe the act of sculling 3 beers in succession

      * e.g.,  ... Mund: did ya see simo neck the treble? 

     [ "The Treble" ]

    1: Sometimes referred to as: "The Glorious Treble"

      * e.g.,  ... I can't believe it, he did the treble. Got the last one in Lowers last night. Dude I almost got the treble last night but was cockblocked at the last moment. Dude your cousin is a legend! He's done the double so many times, when is he gonna get the Treble? 


     [ "The Treble" ]

    2: "The Blessed Treble" or even "The Holy Treble" The Treble refers to an accomplishment by a male student at Saint Anselm College who successfully sleeps with three different women over the course of the Thursday, Friday and Saturday night drinking/partying binge. Many have done the "double" but very few have, if any have completed the Treble due to the prude quality of women at St. A's in addition to its High School style gossip amongst campus. The legend is based off of the very infrequent accomplishment of the Treble in European soccer of winning the league, domestic and European cups. To date only 7 teams in European Soccer history have done this. It usually happens once a decade, hence the rarity and legend of the feat.

     [ "Treble hook" ]

    1: To have vaginal sex with a woman while inserting your thumb in her ass in a hook like manner, doing the same with your other thumb in her mouth with a slight tug simulating the effect of a fish hook.

      * e.g.,  ... Jeff said to Corey, "Hey bro! I totally gave Nicole the treble hook last night!" 

     [ "off the treble" ]

    1: Similar to 'off the hook', but three times better.

      * e.g.,  ... What up sucka, you heard the new Groove Crush Gorillas track? That ish is off the treble, yahmean? 

     [ "off the treble" ]

    1: Similar to 'off the hook', but three times better.

      * e.g.,  ... What up sucka, you heard the new Groove Crush Gorillas track? That ish is off the treble, yahmean? 

     [ "Continental Treble" ]

    1: An event in which a football team wins three competitions within their continent in a single season. In over a hundred years of football history, it has only happened twelve times. The most notable winners were Celtic FC in 1967 when they not only won a treble but a quadruple.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: FC Barcelona won a continental treble in 2009? 

     [ "Treble Machine" ]

    1: A factory car stereo with unintelligible bass. or... A reference to a car notorious for negative bass, i.e. your Grandmother's Buick with all presets on AM talk radio.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, crank the treble machine. I'm not driving your treble machine, yo. 

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