(UK politics) A directive to MPs from party leaders to vote in a particular way in parliament, despite what the MP might believe or what his or her constituents might like.

A confidence game in which the victim, or mark, is tricked into betting a sum of money that they can find the money card, for example the queen of hearts, among three face-down playing cards.

(rugby) Any of a group of players positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs; consists of the left wing, the inside centre, the outside centre and the right wing

(baseball) The three results of a plate appearance that do not involve the fielders: home runs, walks, and strikeouts.

(idiomatic) Two equivalent choices or situations.

A fraudster who operates a game of three-card monte.

(Canadian football) A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of each half; after this point, the clock stops at the end of every play. Analogous to the two-minute warning of American football.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of less than three

present participle of less than three

plural of three-finger salute