three-way

Meanings

Adjective

• Relating to three different directions.

Noun

• Sexual activity involving three persons; a threesome; a ménage à trois.
• A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti and cheese.

Origin

• The sense referring to a serving of Cincinnati chili was coined in the 1920s by Tom and John Kiradjieff, Slavic-Macedonian immigrants to Cincinnati, for their Empress Chili chain.