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Trio Mocotó

Trio Mocotó is a Brazilian instrumental trio formed in 1968 at São Paulo's Jogral nightclub, regarded as the matrix of samba-rock, which it developed as Jorge Ben's backing band.

Trio Nordestino

Trio Nordestino is a traditional forró trio founded in Salvador, Bahia in 1958 and considered the oldest active trio in Brazil, known for the 1970 hit "Procurando Tu".

Triolet

The triolet is a fixed French verse form of eight lines on only two rhymes, in which the first line returns as the fourth and seventh lines.

Triomf

Triomf, Afrikaans for triumph, is a 1994 novel by Marlene van Niekerk following the poor white Benade family in a Johannesburg suburb built on the ruins of Sophiatown.

Trip hop

Trip hop: downtempo electronic genre from 1990s Bristol, England, blending slowed hip-hop breaks, dub, jazz, and soul; named by Mixmag's Andy Pemberton in 1994; key acts Massive Attack, Portishead, and Tricky, who rejected the label.

Tripadi

Tripadi (ত্রিপদী, "three-footed") is a Bengali poetic meter in which each rhymed line is divided into three sections by two internal pauses, used widely in medieval Bengali poetry.

Tripe

Tripe (Italian trippa) is the edible stomach lining of ruminants, chiefly cattle; from the rumen (blanket), reticulum (honeycomb), and omasum. Cooked long, it anchors dishes like flaki, menudo, iskembe, and Italian trippa alla romana.

Tripel

Tripel is a strong golden Belgian abbey ale of 7.5–9.5% ABV, pale malt plus added sugar, dry and well hopped; first commercialized as Witkap Pater (1932) and defined by Westmalle Tripel, distinct from darker dubbel and quadrupel.

Triple 9

Triple 9 is a 2016 American crime heist thriller directed by John Hillcoat, written by Matt Cook, starring Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, and Kate Winslet; corrupt cops stage a 999 officer-down call as a heist diversion in Atlanta.

Triple B (film series)

Triple B, or Girls, Guns and G-Strings collection, is a series of twelve low-budget action films created by Andy Sidaris. The films feature glamorous secret agents in Hawaii.

Triple Crown (country music)

The Triple Crown in country music is an achievement combining three major wins, most formally the ACM's new artist, artist category, and Entertainer of the Year.

Triple Crown of Acting

Triple Crown of Acting: informal American honor for winning a competitive Oscar, Emmy, and Tony in acting categories. 24 winners as of 2026, from first member Helen Hayes to Viola Davis, the first African American member; distinct from the EGOT.

Triple Frontier (film)

Triple Frontier is a 2019 Netflix action thriller directed by J.C. Chandor and co-written with Mark Boal, starring Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal as ex-Delta Force operatives robbing a drug lord of $75 million; 71% on Rotten Tomatoes, $115 million budget.

Triple J Hottest 100

Triple J Hottest 100 (Hottest 100): triple j's annual listener poll of favourite songs of the year, run since 1989 and counted down each late January; won in 2024 by Chappell Roan and in 2025 by Olivia Dean.

Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2025

Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2025, the 33rd annual listener poll, was broadcast 24 January 2026; Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" won over Keli Holiday's "Dancing2", with 2.1 million votes and 54 Australian songs.

Triple J's Hottest 100 of Australian Songs

Triple J's Hottest 100 of Australian Songs was a 2025 special all-time poll marking triple j's 50th birthday, distinct from the annual countdown. INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart" won from 2.65 million votes, ahead of Hilltop Hoods and The Veronicas.

Triple M

Triple M, stage name of Finnish DJ and producer Mikko Matias Mäkinen, releases big-room and future-house EDM on labels including Spinnin' Records, with over 20 million Spotify streams.

Triple sec

Triple sec: generic French category of clear, orange-flavored liqueur, no legal definition; created by Combier (1834), trademarked by Cointreau (1885); key ingredient in Margarita, Sidecar, Cosmopolitan; distinct from sweeter, brandy-based curaçao.

Triple Self-Portrait

Triple Self-Portrait is a 1959 oil painting by Norman Rockwell that shows him three times: at the easel, in the mirror, and on the canvas; it was the Saturday Evening Post cover for February 1960.

Triple Threat (2019 film)

Triple Threat (2019) is a Thai-Chinese-American martial arts action thriller directed by Jesse V. Johnson, starring Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, and Tiger Chen as mercenaries protecting a billionaire's daughter from assassins led by Scott Adkins and Michael Jai White.

Triple-cooked chips

Triple-cooked chips: thick-cut fried potatoes developed by Heston Blumenthal (c. 1992-1993) using simmering, low-temperature frying at 130°C, and final frying at 180°C for a crisp crust.

tripleS (group)

tripleS (트리플에스) is a 24-member multinational South Korean girl group formed by the Seoul label Modhaus, which debuted in February 2023 with the EP Assemble and operates through fan-voted sub-units.

TripleS discography

TripleS (트리플에스) discography: releases of the 24-member Modhaus K-pop girl group, covering sub-unit EPs from Acid Angel from Asia's ACCESS (2022) to Assemble24, ASSEMBLE25, and the three-part Love&Pop album (2026).

Trippie Redd

Trippie Redd, stage name of Ohio rapper Michael Lamar White (born 1999), is a SoundCloud-era emo rap artist behind "Love Scars," the Billboard 200 No. 1 mixtape A Love Letter to You 4, and MANSION MUSIK.

Tripping Daisy

Tripping Daisy is a neo-psychedelic alternative rock band from Dallas, Texas, formed around 1990-1991, led by Tim DeLaughter; known for "I Got A Girl" and I Am An Elastic Firecracker, it disbanded in 1999 after Wes Berggren's death and reunited from 2017.

Tripti Dimri (त्रिप्टि डिमरी)

Tripti Dimri (त्रिप्टि डिमरी, born 1994) is an Indian actress from Uttarakhand known for Laila Majnu, Bulbbul, Qala, and Zoya in Animal (2023); Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 and Victoria's Secret's first Indian ambassador.

Triptych

Triptych: a three-panel artwork, usually a hinged central panel with two wings, from Greek "three-fold." Rooted in early Christian and Byzantine art, standard for medieval altarpieces, later adopted by Bacon, Rothko, and Haring.

Triptykon

Triptykon is a Swiss extreme metal band from Zürich, formed in 2008 by Tom Gabriel Fischer of Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, blending gothic, doom, death, and black metal.

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy (త్రిపురనేని రామస్వామి), honored as Kaviraju, was an Indian Telugu poet, playwright, and lawyer (1887–1943) whose play Sambuka Vadha questioned caste hierarchy and religious orthodoxy in Telugu literature.

TriQuarterly

TriQuarterly is the literary magazine of Northwestern University, founded in 1958 as a campus magazine and a national journal since 1964, publishing Saul Bellow, Joyce Carol Oates, and Cormac McCarthy.